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 * Copyright 2010 Neuroph Project http://neuroph.sourceforge.net
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.neuroph.nnet.learning;

import org.neuroph.core.Connection;
import org.neuroph.core.Neuron;

/**
 * A variant of Hebbian learning called Generalized Hebbian learning.
 * Weight change is calculated using formula
 *      deltaWeight = (input - netInput) * output * learningRate
 * @author Zoran Sevarac  
 */
public class GeneralizedHebbianLearning extends UnsupervisedHebbianLearning {
    
	/**
	 * This method implements weights update procedure for the single neuron
	 * 
	 * @param neuron
	 *            neuron to update weights
	 */
	@Override
	protected void updateNeuronWeights(Neuron neuron) {
		double output = neuron.getOutput();
		for(Connection connection : neuron.getInputConnections()) {
			double input = connection.getInput();
                        double netInput = neuron.getNetInput();
			double deltaWeight = (input - netInput) * output * this.learningRate; // is it right to use netInput here?
			connection.getWeight().inc(deltaWeight);
		}
	}    
    
}

 

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