#!/usr/bin/tclsh
# This code is used to scale the example frequencies by the error of the
# network on those examples.  When using pseudo-example-frequencies, this
# causes the error of an example to be scaled by how badly the network does
# on that example.  As a result, the network gets more training on the
# examples that are difficult for it.

set foo [open "foo" "w"]

# This reads an example from the network activation output file and determines
# the difference between target and output.
proc readOutput i {
  global error
# <I total-updates> <I example-number>
  gets stdin line
  set updates [lindex $line 0]
# <I ticks-on-example> <I num-groups>
  gets stdin
# <I tick-number> <I event-number>
  gets stdin
# <I num-units> <B num-units>
  gets stdin
# <R output-value> <R target-value>
  gets stdin vals
  set output [lindex $vals 0]
  set target [lindex $vals 1]
  if {$updates == 0} {
    set error($i) 1
  } else {
    set error($i) [expr abs($target - $output) + 1.0]
  }
  global foo
  puts $foo "$updates $i $output $target $error($i)"
}

# This writes an XOR example
proc writeExample i {
  global error
  set a [expr ($i & 2) / 2]
  set b [expr $i & 1]
  set out [expr $a ^ $b]
  puts "name:{$a $b} freq:$error($i) I:$a $b T:$out;"
  flush stdout
}

# Set the initial errors to 1.
for {set i 0} {$i < 4} {incr i} {set error($i) 1}
set sum 4

while (1) {
# Write the four examples
  for {set i 0} {$i < 4} {incr i} {
#   Scale the errors
    set error($i) [expr double($error($i) * 4) / $sum]
    writeExample $i
  }
# Reset the error sum
  set sum 0
# Now read the results and determine the errors
  for {set i 0} {$i < 4} {incr i} {
    readOutput $i
    set sum [expr $sum + $error($i)]
  }
}


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