he_init.hpp

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#ifndef MLPACK_METHODS_ANN_INIT_RULES_HE_INIT_HPP
#define MLPACK_METHODS_ANN_INIT_RULES_HE_INIT_HPP

#include <mlpack/prereqs.hpp>
#include <mlpack/core/math/random.hpp>

namespace mlpack {
namespace ann  {

class HeInitialization
{
 public:
  HeInitialization()
  {
    // Nothing to do here.
  }

  void Initialize(arma::mat& W, const size_t rows, const size_t cols)
  {
    // He initialization rule says to initialize weights with random
    // values taken from a gaussian distribution with mean = 0 and
    // standard deviation = sqrt(2/rows), i.e. variance = (2/rows).
    const double variance = 2.0 / (double)rows;

    if (W.is_empty())
    {
      W.set_size(rows, cols);
    }

    // Multipling a random variable X with variance V(X) by some factor c,
    // then the variance V(cX) = (c^2) * V(X).
    W.imbue( [&]() { return sqrt(variance) * arma::randn(); } );
  }

  void Initialize(arma::cube & W,
                  const size_t rows,
                  const size_t cols,
                  const size_t slices)
  {
    if (W.is_empty())
      W.set_size(rows, cols, slices);

    for (size_t i = 0; i < slices; i++)
      Initialize(W.slice(i), rows, cols);
  }
}; // class HeInitialization

} // namespace ann
} // namespace mlpack

#endif