/*
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Written (W) 2011 Sergey Bartunov
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Fraunhofer Institute FIRST and Max-Planck-Society
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Berlin Institute of Technology
 */

#ifndef _SPLINEKERNEL_H__
#define _SPLINEKERNEL_H__

#include <shogun/lib/config.h>

#include <shogun/lib/common.h>
#include <shogun/kernel/DotKernel.h>
#include <shogun/features/DotFeatures.h>
#include <shogun/machine/KernelMachine.h>

namespace shogun
{
	class CKernelMachine;
	class CDotFeatures;

/** @brief Computes the Spline Kernel function which is the cubic polynomial
 *
 * The formula is:
 *
 * \f[
 * k({\bf x},{\bf x'})= 1 + {\bf x} \cdot {\bf x'} +
 * {\bf x} \cdot {\bf x'} \cdot \mbox{min}(\bf x, \bf x') -
 * \frac{\bf x + \bf x'}{2} \cdot \mbox{min}(\bf x, \bf x')^2 +
 * \frac{ \mbox{min}(\bf x, \bf x')^3}{3}
 * \f]
 */
class CSplineKernel: public CDotKernel
{
	public:
		/** constructor
		 */
		CSplineKernel();

		/** constructor
		 *
		 * @param l features of left-hand side
		 * @param r features of right-hand side
		 */
		CSplineKernel(CDotFeatures* l, CDotFeatures* r);

		virtual ~CSplineKernel();

		/** initialize kernel
		 *
		 * @param l features of left-hand side
		 * @param r features of right-hand side
		 * @return if initializing was successful
		 */
		virtual bool init(CFeatures* l, CFeatures* r);

		/** clean up kernel */
		virtual void cleanup();

		/** return what type of kernel we are
		 *
		 * @return kernel type SPLINE
		 */
		virtual EKernelType get_kernel_type() { return K_SPLINE; }

		/** return the kernel's name
		 *
		 * @return name Spline
		 */
		virtual const char* get_name() const { return "SplineKernel"; }

	protected:
		virtual float64_t compute(int32_t idx_a, int32_t idx_b);
};
}
#endif /* _SPLINEKERNEL_H__ */
