/**
   * @param lr is the learning rate.
   * @param ts is the training set.
   */
  public LogisticRegression(double lr, double rp, TrainingExample[] ts) {
    learningRate = lr;
    regularizationParam = rp;
    trainingSet = ts;

    // Construct the correct number of hypothesis given
    // the number of features in the trainingSet
    // and the number of different classifications
    ArrayList<Integer> classifications = new ArrayList<Integer>();
    for (TrainingExample t : trainingSet) {
      Integer c = t.getAnswer();
      if (!classifications.contains(c)) classifications.add(c);
    }

    hypothesis = new Hypothesis[classifications.size() - 0];
    int s = trainingSet[0].getInput().length + 1;

    for (int i = 0; i < classifications.size() - 0; ++i) {
      hypothesis[i] = new Hypothesis(s, classifications.get(i));
    }

    try {
      costFunction = this.getClass().getMethod("defaultCostFunction", Hypothesis.class);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
    /**
     * Runs gradient decent on the hypothesis
     *
     * @param tSet the training set to be used
     */
    private void gradientDecent(TrainingExample[] tSet) {
      double h, val, newVal;
      int answer;
      double lm = LogisticRegression.this.learningRate / tSet.length;

      for (int i = 0; i < numFeatures; ++i) {
        val = 0;
        for (TrainingExample t : tSet) {
          answer = t.getAnswer();
          h = predict(t.getInput());
          if (i == 0) val += (h - answer);
          else val += (h - answer) * t.getInput()[i - 1];
        }

        newVal = parameter.get(i, 0) * (1 - lm * LogisticRegression.this.getRegularizationParam());
        newVal -= lm * val;

        parameter.set(i, 0, newVal);
      }
    }
  /**
   * Runs gradient decent to tune the parameters of each hypothesis.
   *
   * @param iterations the number of times to run gradient decent
   */
  public void tune(int iterations) {
    for (Hypothesis h : hypothesis) {
      // construct a new training set using One vs. Rest
      // if the training example has the same value as the
      // hypothesis then set the answer to 1
      // otherwise set the answer to 0.
      TrainingExample[] tSet = new TrainingExample[trainingSet.length];
      int answer;
      int i = 0;
      for (TrainingExample t : trainingSet) {
        if (t.getAnswer() == h.getClassification()) answer = 1;
        else answer = 0;

        tSet[i] = new TrainingExample(t.getInput(), answer);
        ++i;
      }

      for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i) {
        h.gradientDecent(tSet);
      }
    }
  }
  /**
   * Calculates the cost of the <code>trainingSet</code>.
   *
   * @param hyp the hypothesis to use in calculating the cost.
   * @return the cost associated with the hypothesis.
   */
  public double defaultCostFunction(Hypothesis hyp) {
    double error = 0;
    double h;
    int answer;
    for (TrainingExample t : trainingSet) {
      try {
        h = (Double) hyp.predict(t.getInput());
      } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        continue;
      }
      answer = t.getAnswer();
      error -= answer * log(h) + (1 - answer) * log(1 - h);
    }

    double regError = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < hyp.getNumFeatures(); ++i) {
      regError += pow(hyp.getParameter(i), 2);
    }
    error += regError / regularizationParam;

    return error / (2 * trainingSet.length);
  }