NEATLinkGene.java

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package org.encog.neural.neat.training;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Implements a NEAT link gene. This describes a way in which two neurons are
 * linked.
 *
 * NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (NEAT) is a genetic algorithm for the
 * generation of evolving artificial neural networks. It was developed by Ken
 * Stanley while at The University of Texas at Austin.
 *
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~kstanley/ Encog's NEAT implementation was drawn from
 * the following three Journal Articles. For more complete BibTeX sources, see
 * NEATNetwork.java.
 * 
 * Evolving Neural Networks Through Augmenting Topologies
 * 
 * Generating Large-Scale Neural Networks Through Discovering Geometric
 * Regularities
 * 
 * Automatic feature selection in neuroevolution
 *
 */
public class NEATLinkGene extends NEATBaseGene implements Serializable {

	/**
	 * Serial id.
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	
	/**
	 * The from neuron id.
	 */
	private long fromNeuronID;

	/**
	 * The to neuron id.
	 */	
	private long toNeuronID;

	/**
	 * The weight of this link.
	 */
	private double weight;
	
	/**
	 * Is this gene enabled?
	 */
	private boolean enabled = true;

	/**
	 * Default constructor, used mainly for persistence.
	 */
	public NEATLinkGene() {

	}

	/**
	 * Construct a NEAT link gene.
	 * @param fromNeuronID The source neuron.
	 * @param toNeuronID The target neuron.
	 * @param enabled Is this link enabled.
	 * @param innovationID The innovation id.
	 * @param weight The weight.
	 */
	public NEATLinkGene(final long fromNeuronID, final long toNeuronID,
			final boolean enabled, final long innovationID,
			final double weight) {
		this.fromNeuronID = fromNeuronID;
		this.toNeuronID = toNeuronID;
		setEnabled(enabled);
		setInnovationId(innovationID);
		this.weight = weight;
	}
	
	public NEATLinkGene(NEATLinkGene other) {
		copy(other);
	}

	/**
	 * Copy from another gene.
	 *
	 * @param gene
	 *            The other gene.
	 */
	public void copy(final NEATLinkGene gene) {
		final NEATLinkGene other = gene;
		setEnabled(other.isEnabled());
		this.fromNeuronID = other.fromNeuronID;
		this.toNeuronID = other.toNeuronID;
		setInnovationId(other.getInnovationId());
		this.weight = other.weight;
	}

	/**
	 * @return The from neuron id.
	 */
	public long getFromNeuronID() {
		return this.fromNeuronID;
	}

	/**
	 * @return The to neuron id.
	 */
	public long getToNeuronID() {
		return this.toNeuronID;
	}

	/**
	 * @return The weight of this connection.
	 */
	public double getWeight() {
		return this.weight;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the weight of this connection.
	 *
	 * @param weight
	 *            The connection weight.
	 */
	public void setWeight(final double weight) {
		this.weight = weight;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public String toString() {
		final StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
		result.append("[NEATLinkGene:innov=");
		result.append(getInnovationId());
		result.append(",enabled=");
		result.append(isEnabled());
		result.append(",from=");
		result.append(this.fromNeuronID);
		result.append(",to=");
		result.append(this.toNeuronID);
		result.append("]");
		return result.toString();
	}

	/**
	 * Set the from neuron id.
	 * @param i The from neuron id.
	 */
	public void setFromNeuronID(int i) {
		this.fromNeuronID = i;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Set the to neuron id.
	 * @param i The to neuron id.
	 */
	public void setToNeuronID(int i) {
		this.toNeuronID = i;
	}
	
	/**
	 * @return True, if this gene is enabled.
	 */
	public boolean isEnabled() {
		return enabled;
	}

	/**
	 * @param e
	 *            True, if this gene is enabled.
	 */
	public void setEnabled(final boolean e) {
		enabled = e;
	}
}