/** 
* @file KernelHIK.h
* @brief Interface for the (generalized) histogram intersection kernel (HIK)
* @author Paul Bodesheim
* @date 02/07/2013

*/
#ifndef KERNELHIKINCLUDE
#define KERNELHIKINCLUDE

#include "Kernel.h"
#include "ParameterizedKernel.h"

namespace OBJREC {

/** Interface for the popular exponential mercer kernel / rbf kernel */
class KernelHIK : public ParameterizedKernel
{

    protected:

	double alpha;
	double beta;

    public:
  
	/** simple constructor */
	KernelHIK( double alpha = 1.0, double beta = 1.0 );

	/** copy constructor */
	KernelHIK ( const KernelHIK & src );
      
	/** simple destructor */
	virtual ~KernelHIK();

	/** clone this object */
	KernelHIK *clone(void) const;
     
	/** compute the kernel value */
	double K (const NICE::Vector & x, const NICE::Vector & y) const;

	size_t getParameterSize () const { return 2; }; 
        
        void updateKernelData ( KernelData *kernelData ) const;

	void getKernelJacobi ( size_t parameter, const NICE::Vector & parameters, const KernelData *kernelData, NICE::Matrix & jacobiMatrix ) const;

	void setParameters( const NICE::Vector & newParameters );
	
	void getParameters( NICE::Vector & newParameters ) const;

};


} // namespace

#endif