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 *   Simple version of the controller with regularized inversion in sensor space.
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#ifndef __BASICCONTROLLER_H
#define __BASICCONTROLLER_H

#include "invertmotorcontroller.h"

#include <assert.h>
#include <cmath>

#include "matrix.h"
#include "noisegenerator.h"
#include "invertablemodel.h"

typedef struct BasicControllerConf {
  int buffersize;  ///< buffersize size of the time-buffer for x,y,eta
  double cInit;    ///< cInit size of the C matrix to initialised with.
  double cNonDiag; ///< cNonDiag is the size of the nondiagonal elements in respect to the diagonal (cInit) ones
  bool modelInit;  ///< size of the unit-map strenght of the model 
  bool useS;    ///< useS decides whether to use the S matrix in addition to the A matrix
  bool someInternalParams;  ///< someInternalParams if true only some internal parameters are exported, otherwise all 
  
  double modelCompliant; ///< learning factor for model (or sensor) compliant learning
  bool useFantasy;           ///< if true fantasising is enabled

  InvertableModel* model;   ///< model used as world model
} BasicControllerConf; 

/**
 * class for robot controller is based on InvertMotorNStep
 *  
 * - direct inversion 
 *
 * - motor space
 *
 * - multilayer,nonlinear model
 */
class BasicController : public InvertMotorController {

public:
  BasicController(const BasicControllerConf& conf = getDefaultConf());
  virtual void init(int sensornumber, int motornumber, RandGen* randGen = 0);

  virtual ~BasicController();

  /// returns the number of sensors the controller was initialised with or 0 if not initialised
  virtual int getSensorNumber() const { return number_sensors; }
  /// returns the mumber of motors the controller was initialised with or 0 if not initialised
  virtual int getMotorNumber() const  { return number_motors; }

  /// performs one step (includes learning). 
  /// Calulates motor commands from sensor inputs.
  virtual void step(const sensor* , int number_sensors, motor* , int number_motors);

  /// performs one step without learning. Calulates motor commands from sensor inputs.
  virtual void stepNoLearning(const sensor* , int number_sensors, 
                              motor* , int number_motors);


  /**************  STOREABLE **********************************/
  /** stores the controller values to a given file. */
  virtual bool store(FILE* f) const;
  /** loads the controller values from a given file. */
  virtual bool restore(FILE* f);  

  /************** INSPECTABLE ********************************/
  virtual iparamkeylist getInternalParamNames() const;
  virtual iparamvallist getInternalParams() const;  
  virtual ilayerlist getStructuralLayers() const;
  virtual iconnectionlist getStructuralConnections() const;
  
  /************** CONFIGURABLE ********************************/
  virtual bool setParam(const paramkey& key, paramval val);

  /**** TEACHING ****/
  /** The given motor teaching signal is used for this timestep. 
      It is used as a feed forward teaching signal for the controller.
      Please note, that the teaching signal has to be given each timestep 
       for a continuous teaching process.
   */
  //  virtual void setMotorTeachingSignal(const motor* teaching, int len);

  /** The given sensor teaching signal (distal learning) is used for this timestep. 
      First the belonging motor teachung signal is calculated by the inverse model.
      See setMotorTeachingSignal
   */
  //  virtual void setSensorTeachingSignal(const sensor* teaching, int len);  


  static BasicControllerConf getDefaultConf(){
    BasicControllerConf c;
    c.buffersize = 50;
    c.cInit = 1.05;
    c.cNonDiag = 0;
    c.modelInit  = 1.0;
     c.someInternalParams = true;
     //   c.someInternalParams = false;
    c.useS = false;
    c.modelCompliant = 0;
    c.model = 0;
    c.useFantasy = false;    
    return c;
  }

  void getLastMotors(motor* motors, int len);

protected:
  unsigned short number_sensors;
  unsigned short number_motors;
  
  matrix::Matrix A; ///< Model Matrix (motors to sensors) 
  matrix::Matrix A_Hat; ///< Model Matrix (motors to sensors) with input shift
  matrix::Matrix S; ///< additional Model Matrix (sensors to sensors) 
  matrix::Matrix C; ///< Controller Matrix
  matrix::Matrix GSC; ///< G_Prime times Controller Matrix 
  matrix::Matrix DD; ///< Noise  Matrix
  matrix::Matrix Dinverse; ///< Inverse  Noise  Matrix
  matrix::Matrix H; ///< Controller Bias
  matrix::Matrix B; ///< Model Bias
  NoiseGenerator* BNoiseGen; ///< Noisegenerator for noisy bias
  NoiseGenerator* YNoiseGen; ///< Noisegenerator for noisy motor values
  matrix::Matrix R; ///< C*A
  matrix::Matrix RRT_inv; // (R*R^T)^-1
  matrix::Matrix ATA_inv; // ((A^T)*A)^-1
  matrix::Matrix Rm1; ///< R^-1
  matrix::Matrix ID; ///< identity matrix in the dimension of R
  matrix::Matrix ID_Sensor; ///< identity matrix in the dimension of sensor space

  matrix::Matrix CST;
  matrix::Matrix CCT_inv;
  matrix::Matrix xsi; ///< current output error
  double xsi_norm; ///< norm of matrix
  double xsi_norm_avg; ///< average norm of xsi (used to define whether Modell learns)
  double pain;         ///< if the modelling error (xsi) is too high we have a pain signal
  matrix::Matrix* x_buffer;
  matrix::Matrix* y_buffer;
  matrix::Matrix* eta_buffer;
  matrix::Matrix eta;
  matrix::Matrix v_smooth;
  matrix::Matrix zero_eta; // zero initialised eta
  matrix::Matrix x_smooth;
  matrix::Matrix y_smooth;
  matrix::Matrix eta_smooth;
  matrix::Matrix x_smooth_long;

  matrix::Matrix y_teaching; ///< teaching motor signal
  bool useTeaching; ///< flag whether there is an actual teachning signal or not

  matrix::Matrix x_intern;  ///< fantasy sensor values
  int fantControl;     ///< interval length for fantasising 
  int fantControlLen;  ///< length of fantasy control
  int fantReset;       ///< number of fantasy control events before reseting internal state

  int t_rand; ///< initial random time to avoid syncronous management of all controllers
  int managementInterval; ///< interval between subsequent management function calls
  paramval dampS;     ///< damping of S matrix
  paramval dampC;     ///< damping of C matrix
  paramval dampH;     ///< damping of H vector
  paramval weighting;     ///< general weighting fator between update concepts

  BasicControllerConf conf;

  /// puts the sensors in the ringbuffer, generate controller values and put them in the 
  //  ringbuffer as well
  virtual void fillBuffersAndControl(const sensor* x_, int number_sensors, 
                             motor* y_, int number_motors);

/** learn values H,C
    This is the implementation uses a better formula for g^-1 using Mittelwertsatz
    @param delay 0 for no delay and n>0 for n timesteps delay in the SML (s4delay)
*/
  virtual void learnController(int delay);

  /// learn conf.model, (and S) using motors y and corresponding sensors x
  //  @param delay 0 for no delay and n>0 for n timesteps delay in the time loop 
  virtual void learnModel(int delay);

  /// handles inhibition damping etc.
  //  virtual void management();

  /// returns controller output for given sensor values
  virtual matrix::Matrix calculateControllerValues(const matrix::Matrix& x_smooth);   
 
  /** Calculates first and second derivative and returns both in on matrix (above). 
      We use simple discrete approximations:
      \f[ f'(x) = (f(x) - f(x-1)) / 2 \f]
      \f[ f''(x) = f(x) - 2f(x-1) + f(x-2) \f]
      where we have to go into the past because we do not have f(x+1). The scaling can be neglegted.
  */
  matrix::Matrix calcDerivatives(const matrix::Matrix* buffer, int delay);

public:
  
  /// calculates the city block distance (abs) norm of the matrix. (abs sum of absolutes / size of matrix)
     virtual double calcMatrixNorm(const matrix::Matrix& m);
 
};

#endif

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