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Connection Class Reference

A weighted connection between two Neuron neurons. More...

#include <connection.h>

List of all members.

Public Methods
	Connection (const Neuron *source=NULL, const Neuron *target=NULL, double weight=0)
double	weight () const
void	setWeight (double w)
void	operator= (double w)
void	init (double r=0.0)
const Neuron &	source () const
Neuron &	source ()
const Neuron &	target () const
Neuron &	target ()
void	setSource (const Neuron *newSource)
void	setTarget (const Neuron *newTarget)
void	cut ()
virtual double	transfer ()
virtual void	copy (const Connection &o)
virtual Connection *	clone () const
virtual void	check (int netSize) const

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Detailed Description

A weighted connection between two Neuron neurons.

Owner of the connection is always the target neuron, and the connection points to the source neuron.

Definition at line 50 of file connection.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Connection (  const Neuron *    source = NULL, const Neuron *    target = NULL, double    weight = 0 )

Standard constructor. Parameters: sID  Neuron ID of the source neuron. w  Weight of the connection. Definition at line 42 of file connection.cc. References weight(). Referenced by clone().

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Member Function Documentation

void check (  int    netSize )  const [virtual]

Implementation for Object. Definition at line 78 of file connection.cc. Referenced by Neuron::check(), and BiNode::check().

virtual Connection* clone (    )  const [inline, virtual]

Implementation for Object. Definition at line 110 of file connection.h. References Connection().

void copy (  const Connection &    o )  [virtual]

Standard deep copy operator. Definition at line 67 of file connection.cc. References weight(). Referenced by Neuron::copy().

void cut (    )  [inline]

Cuts both source and target references. Definition at line 95 of file connection.h.

void init (  double    r = 0.0 )

Initializes the weight randomly to range (-r,r). Definition at line 57 of file connection.cc. Referenced by Neuron::init().

void operator= (  double    w )  [inline]

Sets the weight of the connection. Definition at line 71 of file connection.h.

void setSource (  const Neuron *    newSource )  [inline]

Reconnects to another source neuron. Definition at line 89 of file connection.h.

void setTarget (  const Neuron *    newTarget )  [inline]

Reconnects to another target neuron. Definition at line 92 of file connection.h.

void setWeight (  double    w )  [inline]

Sets the weight of the connection. Definition at line 68 of file connection.h. Referenced by RPropTrainer::updateWeights().

Neuron& source (    )  [inline]

Returns the source neuron of the connection. Definition at line 80 of file connection.h.

const Neuron& source (    )  const [inline]

Returns the source neuron of the connection. Definition at line 77 of file connection.h. Referenced by BiNode::disconnectFrom(), ANNetwork::drawEPS(), and Neuron::transfer().

Neuron& target (    )  [inline]

Returns the target neuron of the connection. Definition at line 86 of file connection.h.

const Neuron& target (    )  const [inline]

Returns the target neuron of the connection. Definition at line 83 of file connection.h.

double transfer (    )  [virtual]

Transfers a signal through this connection. Returns: Output value of the connection. Definition at line 62 of file connection.cc. References Neuron::output().

double weight (    )  const [inline]

Returns the weight of the connection. Definition at line 65 of file connection.h. Referenced by Neuron::bias(), Connection(), copy(), Neuron::transfer(), and RPropTrainer::updateWeights().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• connection.h
• connection.cc

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