org.encog.neural.networks
Class NeuralStructure

java.lang.Object
  org.encog.neural.networks.NeuralStructure

public class NeuralStructure
extends java.lang.Object

Holds "cached" information about the structure of the neural network. This is a very good performance boost since the neural network does not need to traverse itself each time a complete collection of layers or synapses is needed.

Author:

jheaton

Constructor Summary

NeuralStructure(BasicNetwork network)
Construct a structure object for the specified network.

Method Summary

void	finalizeStructure() Build the synapse and layer structure.
java.util.List<Layer>	getLayers()
BasicNetwork	getNetwork()
java.util.Collection<Layer>	getPreviousLayers(Layer targetLayer) Get the previous layers from the specified layer.
java.util.Collection<Synapse>	getPreviousSynapses(Layer targetLayer) Get the previous synapses.
java.util.List<Synapse>	getSynapses()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NeuralStructure

public NeuralStructure(BasicNetwork network)

Construct a structure object for the specified network.

Parameters:

network - The network to construct a structure for.

Method Detail

finalizeStructure

public void finalizeStructure()

Build the synapse and layer structure. This method should be called after you are done adding layers to a network.

getLayers

public java.util.List<Layer> getLayers()

Returns:

The layers in this neural network.

getNetwork

public BasicNetwork getNetwork()

Returns:

The network this structure belongs to.

getPreviousLayers

public java.util.Collection<Layer> getPreviousLayers(Layer targetLayer)

Get the previous layers from the specified layer.

Parameters:

targetLayer - The target layer.

Returns:

The previous layers.

getPreviousSynapses

public java.util.Collection<Synapse> getPreviousSynapses(Layer targetLayer)

Get the previous synapses.

Parameters:

targetLayer - The layer to get the previous layers from.

Returns:

A collection of synapses.

getSynapses

public java.util.List<Synapse> getSynapses()

Returns:

All synapses in the neural network.