BAMPattern.java

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package org.encog.neural.pattern;

import org.encog.engine.network.activation.ActivationFunction;
import org.encog.ml.MLMethod;
import org.encog.neural.bam.BAM;

/**
 * Construct a Bidirectional Access Memory (BAM) neural network. This neural
 * network type learns to associate one pattern with another. The two patterns
 * do not need to be of the same length. This network has two that are connected
 * to each other. Though they are labeled as input and output layers to Encog,
 * they are both equal, and should simply be thought of as the two layers that
 * make up the net.
 * 
 */
public class BAMPattern implements NeuralNetworkPattern {

	/**
	 * The number of neurons in the first layer.
	 */
	private int f1Neurons;

	/**
	 * The number of neurons in the second layer.
	 */
	private int f2Neurons;

	/**
	 * Unused, a BAM has no hidden layers.
	 * 
	 * @param count
	 *            Not used.
	 */
	public void addHiddenLayer(final int count) {
		throw new PatternError("A BAM network has no hidden layers.");
	}

	/**
	 * Clear any settings on the pattern.
	 */
	public void clear() {
		this.f1Neurons = 0;
		this.f2Neurons = 0;

	}

	/**
	 * @return The generated network.
	 */
	public MLMethod generate() {
		BAM bam = new BAM(this.f1Neurons,this.f2Neurons);
		return bam;
	}

	/**
	 * Not used, the BAM uses a bipoloar activation function.
	 * 
	 * @param activation
	 *            Not used.
	 */
	public void setActivationFunction(final ActivationFunction activation) {
		throw new PatternError("A BAM network can't specify a custom activation function.");
	}

	/**
	 * Set the F1 neurons. The BAM really does not have an input and output
	 * layer, so this is simply setting the number of neurons that are in the
	 * first layer.
	 * 
	 * @param count
	 *            The number of neurons in the first layer.
	 */
	public void setF1Neurons(final int count) {
		this.f1Neurons = count;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the output neurons. The BAM really does not have an input and output
	 * layer, so this is simply setting the number of neurons that are in the
	 * second layer.
	 * 
	 * @param count
	 *            The number of neurons in the second layer.
	 */
	public void setF2Neurons(final int count) {
		this.f2Neurons = count;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the number of input neurons.
	 * 
	 * @param count
	 *            The number of input neurons.
	 */
	public void setInputNeurons(final int count) {
		throw new PatternError( "A BAM network has no input layer, consider setting F1 layer.");
	}

	/**
	 * Set the number of output neurons.
	 * 
	 * @param count
	 *            The output neuron count.
	 */
	public void setOutputNeurons(final int count) {
		throw new PatternError("A BAM network has no output layer, consider setting F2 layer.");
	}

}