Added support for choosing if the step size should decrease for each subsequent epoch

src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/Initializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package de.lluni.javann;
+
+public enum Initializer {
+    ZEROS,
+    ONES,
+    GAUSSIAN,
+    RANDOM
+}

src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/Network.java

@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ public class Network {
      * @param y_train labels
      * @param epochs amount of training iterations
      * @param learningRate step size of gradient descent
+     * @param optimize if step size should decrease for each subsequent epoch
      */
-    public void fit(SimpleMatrix[] X_train, SimpleMatrix[] y_train, int epochs, double learningRate) {
+    public void fit(SimpleMatrix[] X_train, SimpleMatrix[] y_train, int epochs, double learningRate, boolean optimize) {
         int samples = X_train.length;
 
         for (int i = 0; i < epochs; i++) {
@@ -98,7 +99,11 @@ public class Network {
                 // backward propagation
                 SimpleMatrix error = lossPrime.apply(y_train[j], output);
                 for (int k = layers.size() - 1; k >= 0; k--) {
-                    error = layers.get(k).backwardPropagation(error, learningRate / (i+1));
+                    if (optimize) {
+                        error = layers.get(k).backwardPropagation(error, learningRate / (i+1));
+                    } else {
+                        error = layers.get(k).backwardPropagation(error, learningRate);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             // calculate average error on all samples

src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/examples/ExampleSine.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.lluni.javann.examples;
 
+import de.lluni.javann.Initializer;
 import de.lluni.javann.Network;
 import de.lluni.javann.functions.ActivationFunctions;
 import de.lluni.javann.functions.LossFunctions;
@@ -46,17 +47,17 @@ public class ExampleSine {
 
         // create network and add layers
         Network network = new Network();
-        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(8));
+        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(8, Initializer.GAUSSIAN, Initializer.ONES));
         network.addLayer(new ActivationLayer(ActivationFunctions::LeakyReLu, ActivationFunctions::LeakyReLuPrime));
-        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(8));
+        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(8, Initializer.GAUSSIAN, Initializer.ONES));
         network.addLayer(new ActivationLayer(ActivationFunctions::LeakyReLu, ActivationFunctions::LeakyReLuPrime));
-        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(1));
+        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(1, Initializer.GAUSSIAN, Initializer.ONES));
 
         // configure loss function for the network
         network.use(LossFunctions::MSE, LossFunctions::MSEPrime);
 
         // train network on X_train and y_train
-        network.fit(X_train, y_train, 100, 0.05d);
+        network.fit(X_train, y_train, 100, 0.05d, true);
 
         // predict X_test and output results to console
         SimpleMatrix[] output = network.predict(X_test);

src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/examples/ExampleXOR.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.lluni.javann.examples;
 
+import de.lluni.javann.Initializer;
 import de.lluni.javann.Network;
 import de.lluni.javann.functions.ActivationFunctions;
 import de.lluni.javann.functions.LossFunctions;
@@ -19,13 +20,13 @@ public class ExampleXOR {
                 new SimpleMatrix(new double[][]{{0}})};
 
         Network network = new Network();
-        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(3));
+        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(3, Initializer.RANDOM, Initializer.RANDOM));
         network.addLayer(new ActivationLayer(ActivationFunctions::tanh, ActivationFunctions::tanhPrime));
-        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(1));
+        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(1, Initializer.RANDOM, Initializer.RANDOM));
         network.addLayer(new ActivationLayer(ActivationFunctions::tanh, ActivationFunctions::tanhPrime));
 
         network.use(LossFunctions::MSE, LossFunctions::MSEPrime);
-        network.fit(X_train, y_train, 1000, 0.1d);
+        network.fit(X_train, y_train, 1000, 0.1d, false);
 
         SimpleMatrix[] output = network.predict(X_train);
         for (SimpleMatrix entry : output) {

src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/examples/ExampleXORAddedNeurons.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.lluni.javann.examples;
 
+import de.lluni.javann.Initializer;
 import de.lluni.javann.Network;
 import de.lluni.javann.functions.ActivationFunctions;
 import de.lluni.javann.functions.LossFunctions;
@@ -19,14 +20,14 @@ public class ExampleXORAddedNeurons {
                 new SimpleMatrix(new double[][]{{0}})};
 
         Network network = new Network();
-        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(1));
+        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(1, Initializer.RANDOM, Initializer.RANDOM));
         network.addLayer(new ActivationLayer(ActivationFunctions::tanh, ActivationFunctions::tanhPrime));
-        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(1));
+        network.addLayer(new FCLayer(1, Initializer.RANDOM, Initializer.RANDOM));
         network.addLayer(new ActivationLayer(ActivationFunctions::tanh, ActivationFunctions::tanhPrime));
         network.addNeuron(0, 2);
 
         network.use(LossFunctions::MSE, LossFunctions::MSEPrime);
-        network.fit(X_train, y_train, 1000, 0.1d);
+        network.fit(X_train, y_train, 1000, 0.1d, false);
 
         SimpleMatrix[] output = network.predict(X_train);
         for (SimpleMatrix entry : output) {

src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/layers/FCLayer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.lluni.javann.layers;
 
+import de.lluni.javann.Initializer;
 import de.lluni.javann.util.Utilities;
 import org.ejml.simple.SimpleMatrix;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ import java.util.Random;
  * Fully connected layer with n Neurons
  */
 public class FCLayer extends Layer {
+    private final Initializer weightInit;
+    private final Initializer biasInit;
     private SimpleMatrix weights;
     private SimpleMatrix biases;
     private int numNeurons;
@@ -18,14 +21,26 @@ public class FCLayer extends Layer {
      * Creates a fully connected layer with numNeurons neurons
      * @param numNeurons amount of neurons in this layer
      */
-    public FCLayer(int numNeurons) {
+    public FCLayer(int numNeurons, Initializer weightInit, Initializer biasInit) {
         this.numNeurons = numNeurons;
+        this.weightInit = weightInit;
+        this.biasInit = biasInit;
         isInitialized = false;
     }
 
     private void initialize(int inputSize) {
-        this.weights = Utilities.gaussianMatrix(inputSize, numNeurons, 0, 1, 0.1d);
+        switch (weightInit) {
-        this.biases = Utilities.ones(1, numNeurons);
+            case ZEROS -> this.weights = new SimpleMatrix(inputSize, numNeurons);
+            case ONES -> this.weights = Utilities.ones(inputSize, numNeurons);
+            case GAUSSIAN -> this.weights = Utilities.gaussianMatrix(inputSize, numNeurons, 0, 1, 0.1d);
+            case RANDOM -> this.weights = Utilities.randomMatrix(inputSize, numNeurons);
+        }
+        switch (biasInit) {
+            case ZEROS -> this.biases = new SimpleMatrix(1, numNeurons);
+            case ONES -> this.biases = Utilities.ones(1, numNeurons);
+            case GAUSSIAN -> this.biases = Utilities.gaussianMatrix(1, numNeurons, 0, 1, 0.1d);
+            case RANDOM -> this.biases = Utilities.randomMatrix(1, numNeurons);
+        }
         this.isInitialized = true;
     }
 

src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/util/Utilities.java

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import java.util.Random;
 public class Utilities {
     private static final double STANDARD_GAUSSIAN_FACTOR = 1.0d;
 
+    private static final double STANDARD_RANDOM_ORIGIN = -1.0d;
+    private static final double STANDARD_RANDOM_BOUND = 1.0d;
+
     /**
      * Creates a matrix filled with ones
      * @param rows amount of rows
@@ -50,6 +53,24 @@ public class Utilities {
         return gaussianMatrix(rows, columns, mean, stddev, STANDARD_GAUSSIAN_FACTOR);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a matrix with random values
+     * @param rows amount of rows
+     * @param columns amount of columns
+     * @param origin minimum random value
+     * @param bound maximum random value
+     * @return matrix with random values
+     */
+    public static SimpleMatrix randomMatrix(int rows, int columns, double origin, double bound) {
+        Random random = new Random();
+        return new SimpleMatrix(rows, columns, true,
+                random.doubles((long) rows * columns, origin, bound).toArray());
+    }
+
+    public static SimpleMatrix randomMatrix(int rows, int columns) {
+        return randomMatrix(rows, columns, STANDARD_RANDOM_ORIGIN, STANDARD_RANDOM_BOUND);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates an array of evenly spaced values from the interval [start, end)
      * @param start start value