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#ifndef __itkGaussianTransferFunction_h
#define __itkGaussianTransferFunction_h

#include "itkTransferFunctionBase.h"

namespace itk
{
namespace Statistics
{
/** \class GaussianTransferFunction
 * \brief This is the itkGaussianTransferFunction class.
 *
 * \ingroup ITKNeuralNetworks
 */

template<typename ScalarType>
class GaussianTransferFunction : public TransferFunctionBase<ScalarType>
{
public:
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef GaussianTransferFunction         Self;
  typedef TransferFunctionBase<ScalarType> Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer<Self>               Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer<const Self>         ConstPointer;

  /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
  itkTypeMacro(GaussianTransferFunction, TransferFunctionBase);

  /** Method for creation through the object factory. */
  itkNewMacro(Self);
  /** Evaluate at the specified input position */
  virtual ScalarType Evaluate(const ScalarType& input) const;

  /** Evaluate the derivative at the specified input position */
  virtual ScalarType EvaluateDerivative(const ScalarType& input) const;

protected:

  GaussianTransferFunction();
  virtual ~GaussianTransferFunction();

  /** Method to print the object. */
  virtual void PrintSelf( std::ostream& os, Indent indent ) const;

};//class

} // end namespace Statistics
} // end namespace itk

#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
  #include "itkGaussianTransferFunction.hxx"
#endif

#endif
