Evaluate.java

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package org.encog.util.benchmark;

import org.encog.ml.data.MLDataSet;
import org.encog.ml.train.MLTrain;
import org.encog.neural.networks.BasicNetwork;
import org.encog.neural.networks.training.propagation.resilient.ResilientPropagation;
import org.encog.util.simple.EncogUtility;

/**
 * Used to evaluate the training time for a network.
 * 
 * @author jheaton
 * 
 */
public final class Evaluate {

	/**
	 * Mili-seconds in a second.
	 */
	public static final int MILIS = 1000;

	
	public static int evaluateTrain(int input, int hidden1, int hidden2,
			int output) {
		final BasicNetwork network = EncogUtility.simpleFeedForward(input,
				hidden1, hidden2, output, true);
		final MLDataSet training = RandomTrainingFactory.generate(1000,
				10000, input, output, -1, 1);
	
		
		return evaluateTrain(network, training);
	}

	/**
	 * Evaluate how long it takes to calculate the error for the network. This
	 * causes each of the training pairs to be run through the network. The
	 * network is evaluated 10 times and the lowest time is reported.
	 * 
	 * @param network
	 *            The network to evaluate with.
	 * @param training
	 *            The training data to use.
	 * @return The lowest number of seconds that each of the ten attempts took.
	 */
	public static int evaluateTrain(
			final BasicNetwork network, final MLDataSet training) {
		// train the neural network
		MLTrain train;
		
		train = new ResilientPropagation(network, training);

		final long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
		final long stop = start + (10 * MILIS);

		int iterations = 0;
		while (System.currentTimeMillis() < stop) {
			iterations++;
			train.iteration();
		}

		return iterations;
	}

}