com.anji.nn
Class NeuronConnection

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Connection

Direct Known Subclasses:

CacheNeuronConnection

public class NeuronConnection
extends java.lang.Object
implements Connection

Connection between neurons.

Author:

Philip Tucker

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.anji.nn.Connection

XML_TAG

Constructor Summary

NeuronConnection(Neuron anIncoming)

NeuronConnection(Neuron anIncoming, double aWeight)
Create connection with input neuron anIncoming and weight aWeight.

Method Summary

static void	appendToXml(java.util.Collection allNeurons, java.lang.StringBuffer result) Utility method to convert collection of connections, presumably an entire ANN, to XML.
long	cost()
protected long	getId() for tracking back to chromosome innovation id
protected Neuron	getIncomingNode()
protected double	getWeight()
boolean	isRecurrent()
double	read()
void	setId(long l)
void	setWeight(double f)
java.lang.String	toString()
java.lang.String	toXml()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NeuronConnection

public NeuronConnection(Neuron anIncoming)

Parameters:

anIncoming -

See Also:

NeuronConnection(Neuron, double)

NeuronConnection

public NeuronConnection(Neuron anIncoming,
                        double aWeight)

Create connection with input neuron anIncoming and weight aWeight.

Parameters:

anIncoming -

aWeight -

Method Detail

setWeight

public void setWeight(double f)

Parameters:

f - new weight

read

public double read()

Specified by:

read in interface Connection

Returns:

double

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

toXml

public java.lang.String toXml()

Specified by:

toXml in interface Connection

Returns:

String XML representation of object

setId

public void setId(long l)

Parameters:

l - new innovation ID

getId

protected long getId()

for tracking back to chromosome innovation id

Returns:

long ID

getIncomingNode

protected Neuron getIncomingNode()

Returns:

Neuron input

getWeight

protected double getWeight()

Returns:

double connection weight

appendToXml

public static void appendToXml(java.util.Collection allNeurons,
                               java.lang.StringBuffer result)

Utility method to convert collection of connections, presumably an entire ANN, to XML. XML representation is consistent with NEVT .

Parameters:

allNeurons -

result -

isRecurrent

public boolean isRecurrent()

Returns:

false

cost

public long cost()

Specified by:

cost in interface Connection

Returns:

number corresponding to cost of activation in resources

See Also:

Connection.cost()