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package org.neuroph.core.transfer;

import java.io.Serializable;
import org.neuroph.util.Properties;

/**
 * 
 * Sigmoid neuron transfer function.
 * 
 * output = 1/(1+ e^(-slope*input))
 * 
* @author Zoran Sevarac */ public class Sigmoid extends TransferFunction implements Serializable { /** * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization * compatibility with a previous version of the class. */ private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L; /** * The slope parametetar of the sigmoid function */ private double slope = 1d; // TODO: add ampliture? /** * Creates an instance of Sigmoid neuron transfer function with default * slope=1. */ public Sigmoid() { } /** * Creates an instance of Sigmoid neuron transfer function with specified * value for slope parametar. * @param slope the slope parametar for the sigmoid function */ public Sigmoid(double slope) { this.slope = slope; } /** * Creates an instance of Sigmoid neuron transfer function with the * specified properties. * @param properties properties of the sigmoid function */ public Sigmoid(Properties properties) { try { this.slope = (Double)properties.getProperty("transferFunction.slope"); } catch (NullPointerException e) { // if properties are not set just leave default values } catch (NumberFormatException e) { System.err.println("Invalid transfer function properties! Using default values."); } } /** * Returns the slope parametar of this function * @return slope parametar of this function */ public double getSlope() { return this.slope; } /** * Sets the slope parametar for this function * @param slope value for the slope parametar */ public void setSlope(double slope) { this.slope = slope; } @Override public double getOutput(double netInput) { // conditional logic helps to avoid NaN if (netInput > 100) { return 1.0; }else if (netInput < -100) { return 0.0; } double den = 1 + Math.exp(-this.slope * netInput); this.output = (1d / den); return this.output; } @Override public double getDerivative(double net) { // remove net parameter? maybe we dont need it since we use cached output value // +0.1 is fix for flat spot see http://www.heatonresearch.com/wiki/Flat_Spot double derivative = this.slope * this.output * (1d - this.output);// + 0.1; return derivative; } }

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