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package org.biojava.stats.svm;

/**
 * This kernel computes all possible products of order features in feature
 * space. This is done by computing (a.k(i,j) + c)^order for some other kernel k
 * that defines a dot product in some feature space.
 *
 * @author Thomas Down
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 */
public class PolynomialKernel extends NestedKernel {
    private double order;
    private double a;
    private double c;

    public PolynomialKernel() {
      order = 3;
      a = 1.0;
      c = 1.0;
    }

    public double evaluate(Object a, Object b) {
      return Math.pow(getMultiplier()*getNestedKernel().evaluate(a, b)
                      + getConstant(),
                      getOrder());
    }

    public double getOrder() {
      return order;
    }

    public void setOrder(double o) {
      this.order = o;
    }

    public double getConstant() {
      return c;
    }

    public void setConstant(double c) {
      this.c = c;
    }
    
    public double getMultiplier() {
      return a;
    }
    
    public void setMultiplier(double m) {
      this.a = m;
    }

    public String toString() {
      return "Polynomial kernel K(x, y | k) = ("
        + getMultiplier() + " * k(x, y) + " + c + ")^" + order
        + ". k = " + getNestedKernel().toString();
    }
}
