com.anji.nn
Class CacheNeuronConnection

java.lang.Object
  com.anji.nn.NeuronConnection
      com.anji.nn.CacheNeuronConnection

All Implemented Interfaces:

Connection

public class CacheNeuronConnection
extends NeuronConnection

A connection between neurons that caches its value from previous timestep. This is used to avoid deadlock when activating neurons and connections in a loop.

Author:

Philip Tucker

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.anji.nn.Connection

XML_TAG

Constructor Summary

CacheNeuronConnection(Neuron anIncoming)

CacheNeuronConnection(Neuron anIncoming, double aWeight)

Method Summary

long	cost()
boolean	isRecurrent()
double	read()
void	reset() clear cached value
void	step() update value
java.lang.String	toXml()

Methods inherited from class com.anji.nn.NeuronConnection

appendToXml, getId, getIncomingNode, getWeight, setId, setWeight, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CacheNeuronConnection

public CacheNeuronConnection(Neuron anIncoming)

See Also:

NeuronConnection.NeuronConnection(Neuron)

CacheNeuronConnection

public CacheNeuronConnection(Neuron anIncoming,
                             double aWeight)

See Also:

NeuronConnection.NeuronConnection(Neuron, double)

Method Detail

read

public double read()

Specified by:

read in interface Connection

Overrides:

read in class NeuronConnection

Returns:

double cached value

step

public void step()

update value

toXml

public java.lang.String toXml()

Specified by:

toXml in interface Connection

Overrides:

toXml in class NeuronConnection

Returns:

String XML representation of object

reset

public void reset()

clear cached value

isRecurrent

public boolean isRecurrent()

Overrides:

isRecurrent in class NeuronConnection

Returns:

true

cost

public long cost()

Specified by:

cost in interface Connection

Overrides:

cost in class NeuronConnection

Returns:

number corresponding to cost of activation in resources

See Also:

Connection.cost()