org.encog.neural.networks.layers
Class SOMLayer

java.lang.Object
  org.encog.neural.networks.layers.BasicLayer
      org.encog.neural.networks.layers.SOMLayer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Layer, EncogPersistedObject

public class SOMLayer
extends BasicLayer
implements java.io.Serializable, EncogPersistedObject

SelfOrganizingMap: The Self Organizing Map, or Kohonen Neural Network, is a special type of neural network that is used to classify input into groups. The SOM makes use of unsupervised training.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static double

VERYSMALL Do not allow patterns to go below this very small number.

Constructor Summary

SOMLayer(int inputCount, NormalizeInput.NormalizationType normalizationType)
The constructor.

Method Summary

NeuralData	compute(NeuralData pattern) Compute the output from this layer.
NormalizeInput.NormalizationType	getNormalizationType() Get the normalization type.
void	setNext(Layer next) Set the next layer.

Methods inherited from class org.encog.neural.networks.layers.BasicLayer

getFire, getFire, getMatrix, getMatrixSize, getNeuronCount, getNext, getPrevious, hasMatrix, isHidden, isInput, isOutput, reset, setFire, setFire, setMatrix, setPrevious

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

VERYSMALL

public static final double VERYSMALL

Do not allow patterns to go below this very small number.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SOMLayer

public SOMLayer(int inputCount,
                NormalizeInput.NormalizationType normalizationType)

The constructor.

Parameters:

inputCount - Number of input neurons

normalizationType - The normalization type to use.

Method Detail

compute

public NeuralData compute(NeuralData pattern)

Compute the output from this layer.

Specified by:

compute in interface Layer

Overrides:

compute in class BasicLayer

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern to compute for.

Returns:

The output from the layer.

getNormalizationType

public NormalizeInput.NormalizationType getNormalizationType()

Get the normalization type.

Returns:

The normalization type.

setNext

public void setNext(Layer next)

Set the next layer.

Specified by:

setNext in interface Layer

Overrides:

setNext in class BasicLayer

Parameters:

next - the next layer.