GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel.cc

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/* *******************************************************      
   * $Id: GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel.cc,v 1.4 2004/04/07 23:15:17 morinf Exp $
   * This file is part of the PLearn library.
   ******************************************************* */

#include "GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel.h"

namespace PLearn {
using namespace std;


PLEARN_IMPLEMENT_OBJECT(GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel, "ONE LINE DESCR", "NO HELP");

real GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel::evaluate(const Vec& x1, const Vec& x2) const
{ 
#ifdef BOUNDCHECK
  if(x1.length()!=x2.length())
    PLERROR("IN GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel::evaluate x1 and x2 must have the same length");
#endif

  real summ = 0.0;
  for(int i=0; i<x1.length(); i++)
    summ += pow(fabs(pow(x1[i],(real)a)-pow(x2[i],(real)a)), (real)b);
  return exp(-phi*pow(summ,c));
}


void GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel::declareOptions(OptionList &ol)
{
    declareOption(ol, "phi", &GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel::phi, OptionBase::buildoption,
                  "TODO: Some comments");
    declareOption(ol, "a", &GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel::a, OptionBase::buildoption,
                  "TODO: Some comments");
    declareOption(ol, "b", &GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel::b, OptionBase::buildoption,
                  "TODO: Some comments");
    declareOption(ol, "c", &GeneralizedDistanceRBFKernel::c, OptionBase::buildoption,
                  "TODO: Some comments");
    inherited::declareOptions(ol);
}


} // end of namespace PLearn

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