    // Copyright (C) 2007  Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net)
    // License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
    #ifndef DLIB_SVm_
    #define DLIB_SVm_

    #include "svm_abstract.h"
    #include <cmath>
    #include <limits>
    #include <sstream>
    #include "../matrix.h"
    #include "../algs.h"
    #include "../serialize.h"
    #include "../rand.h"
    #include "../std_allocator.h"
    #include "function.h"
    #include "kernel.h"
    #include "../enable_if.h"
    #include "../optimization.h"
    #include "svm_nu_trainer.h"
    #include <vector>
    #include <set>

    namespace dlib
    {

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T,
            typename U
            >
        inline bool is_learning_problem_impl (
            const T& x,
            const U& x_labels
        )
        {
            return is_col_vector(x) &&
                   is_col_vector(x_labels) &&
                   x.size() == x_labels.size() &&
                   x.size() > 0;
        }

        template <
            typename T,
            typename U
            >
        inline bool is_learning_problem (
            const T& x,
            const U& x_labels
        )
        {
            return is_learning_problem_impl(mat(x), mat(x_labels));
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T,
            typename U
            >
        bool is_binary_classification_problem_impl (
            const T& x,
            const U& x_labels
        )
        {
            bool seen_neg_class = false;
            bool seen_pos_class = false;

            if (is_learning_problem_impl(x,x_labels) == false)
                return false;

            if (x.size() <= 1) return false;

            for (long r = 0; r < x_labels.nr(); ++r)
            {
                if (x_labels(r) != -1 && x_labels(r) != 1)
                    return false;

                if (x_labels(r) == 1)
                    seen_pos_class = true;
                if (x_labels(r) == -1)
                    seen_neg_class = true;
            }

            return seen_pos_class && seen_neg_class;
        }

        template <
            typename T,
            typename U
            >
        bool is_binary_classification_problem (
            const T& x,
            const U& x_labels
        )
        {
            return is_binary_classification_problem_impl(mat(x), mat(x_labels));
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename dec_funct_type,
            typename in_sample_vector_type,
            typename in_scalar_vector_type
            >
        const matrix<double,1,2> test_binary_decision_function_impl (
            const dec_funct_type& dec_funct,
            const in_sample_vector_type& x_test,
            const in_scalar_vector_type& y_test
        )
        {

            // make sure requires clause is not broken
            DLIB_ASSERT( is_binary_classification_problem(x_test,y_test) == true,
                        "\tmatrix test_binary_decision_function()"
                        << "\n\t invalid inputs were given to this function"
                        << "\n\t is_binary_classification_problem(x_test,y_test): "
                        << ((is_binary_classification_problem(x_test,y_test))? "true":"false"));

            // count the number of positive and negative examples
            long num_pos = 0;
            long num_neg = 0;

            long num_pos_correct = 0;
            long num_neg_correct = 0;

            // now test this trained object
            for (long i = 0; i < x_test.nr(); ++i)
            {
                // if this is a positive example
                if (y_test(i) == +1.0)
                {
                    ++num_pos;
                    if (dec_funct(x_test(i)) >= 0)
                        ++num_pos_correct;
                }
                else if (y_test(i) == -1.0)
                {
                    ++num_neg;
                    if (dec_funct(x_test(i)) < 0)
                        ++num_neg_correct;
                }
                else
                {
                    throw dlib::error("invalid input labels to the test_binary_decision_function() function");
                }
            }

            matrix<double, 1, 2> res;
            res(0) = (double)num_pos_correct/(double)(num_pos);
            res(1) = (double)num_neg_correct/(double)(num_neg);
            return res;
        }

        template <
            typename dec_funct_type,
            typename in_sample_vector_type,
            typename in_scalar_vector_type
            >
        const matrix<double,1,2> test_binary_decision_function (
            const dec_funct_type& dec_funct,
            const in_sample_vector_type& x_test,
            const in_scalar_vector_type& y_test
        )
        {
            return test_binary_decision_function_impl(dec_funct,
                                     mat(x_test),
                                     mat(y_test));
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename sequence_type
            >
        bool is_sequence_labeling_problem (
            const std::vector<sequence_type>& samples,
            const std::vector<std::vector<unsigned long> >& labels
        )
        {
            if (is_learning_problem(samples, labels))
            {
                for (unsigned long i = 0; i < samples.size(); ++i)
                {
                    if (samples[i].size() != labels[i].size())
                        return false;
                }
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename sequence_type
            >
        bool is_sequence_segmentation_problem (
            const std::vector<sequence_type>& samples,
            const std::vector<std::vector<std::pair<unsigned long,unsigned long> > >& segments
        )
        {
            if (is_learning_problem(samples, segments))
            {
                for (unsigned long i = 0; i < samples.size(); ++i)
                {
                    // Make sure the segments are inside samples[i] and don't overlap with each
                    // other.
                    std::vector<bool> hits(samples[i].size(), false);
                    for (unsigned long j = 0; j < segments[i].size(); ++j)
                    {
                        const unsigned long begin = segments[i][j].first;
                        const unsigned long end = segments[i][j].second;
                        // if the segment is outside the sequence
                        if (end > samples[i].size())
                            return false;

                        if (begin >= end)
                            return false;

                        // check for overlap
                        for (unsigned long k = begin; k < end; ++k)
                        {
                            if (hits[k])
                                return false;
                            hits[k] = true;
                        }
                    }
                }
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename lhs_type,
            typename rhs_type
            >
        bool is_assignment_problem (
            const std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<lhs_type>, std::vector<rhs_type> > >& samples,
            const std::vector<std::vector<long> >& labels
        )
        {
            std::vector<bool> seen_label;

            if (is_learning_problem(samples, labels))
            {
                for (unsigned long i = 0; i < samples.size(); ++i)
                {
                    if (samples[i].first.size() != labels[i].size())
                        return false;

                    seen_label.assign(samples[i].second.size(), false);

                    for (unsigned long j = 0; j < labels[i].size(); ++j)
                    {
                        if (!(-1 <= labels[i][j] && labels[i][j] < (long)samples[i].second.size()))
                            return false;

                        if (labels[i][j] != -1)
                        {
                            // check label uniqueness
                            if (seen_label[labels[i][j]])
                                return false;

                            seen_label[labels[i][j]] = true;
                        }
                    }
                }
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename lhs_type,
            typename rhs_type
            >
        bool is_forced_assignment_problem (
            const std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<lhs_type>, std::vector<rhs_type> > >& samples,
            const std::vector<std::vector<long> >& labels
        )
        {
            if (is_assignment_problem(samples, labels))
            {
                for (unsigned long i = 0; i < samples.size(); ++i)
                {
                    const unsigned long N = sum(mat(labels[i]) != -1);
                    if (std::min(samples[i].first.size(), samples[i].second.size()) != N)
                        return false;
                }
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename detection_type_,
            typename label_type_ = long
            >
        struct labeled_detection
        {
            typedef detection_type_ detection_type;
            typedef label_type_ label_type;
            detection_type det;
            label_type label;
        };

        template <
            typename detection_type_,
            typename label_type_
            >
        inline void serialize ( const labeled_detection<detection_type_,label_type_>& item, std::ostream& out)
        {
            serialize(item.det, out);
            serialize(item.label, out);
        }

        template <
            typename detection_type_,
            typename label_type_
            >
        inline void deserialize (labeled_detection<detection_type_,label_type_>& item, std::istream& in)
        {
            deserialize(item.det, in);
            deserialize(item.label, in);
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename detection_type,
            typename label_type
            >
        bool is_track_association_problem (
            const std::vector<std::vector<labeled_detection<detection_type,label_type> > >& samples
        )
        {
            if (samples.size() == 0)
                return false;

            unsigned long num_nonzero_elements = 0;
            for (unsigned long i = 0; i < samples.size(); ++i)
            {
                if (samples.size() > 0)
                    ++num_nonzero_elements;
            }
            if (num_nonzero_elements < 2)
                return false;

            // now make sure the label_type values are unique within each time step.
            for (unsigned long i = 0; i < samples.size(); ++i)
            {
                std::set<label_type> vals;
                for (unsigned long j = 0; j < samples[i].size(); ++j)
                    vals.insert(samples[i][j].label);
                if (vals.size() != samples[i].size())
                    return false;
            }

            // passed all tests so it's good
            return true;
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename detection_type,
            typename label_type
            >
        bool is_track_association_problem (
            const std::vector<std::vector<std::vector<labeled_detection<detection_type,label_type> > > >& samples
        )
        {
            for (unsigned long i = 0; i < samples.size(); ++i)
            {
                if (!is_track_association_problem(samples[i]))
                    return false;
            }

            // passed all tests so it's good
            return true;
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename trainer_type,
            typename in_sample_vector_type,
            typename in_scalar_vector_type
            >
        const matrix<double, 1, 2, typename trainer_type::mem_manager_type>
        cross_validate_trainer_impl (
            const trainer_type& trainer,
            const in_sample_vector_type& x,
            const in_scalar_vector_type& y,
            const long folds
        )
        {
            typedef typename in_scalar_vector_type::value_type scalar_type;
            typedef typename trainer_type::sample_type sample_type;
            typedef typename trainer_type::mem_manager_type mem_manager_type;
            typedef matrix<sample_type,0,1,mem_manager_type> sample_vector_type;
            typedef matrix<scalar_type,0,1,mem_manager_type> scalar_vector_type;

            // make sure requires clause is not broken
            DLIB_ASSERT(is_binary_classification_problem(x,y) == true &&
                        1 < folds && folds <= x.nr(),
                "\tmatrix cross_validate_trainer()"
                << "\n\t invalid inputs were given to this function"
                << "\n\t x.nr(): " << x.nr()
                << "\n\t folds:  " << folds
                << "\n\t is_binary_classification_problem(x,y): " << ((is_binary_classification_problem(x,y))? "true":"false")
                );

            // count the number of positive and negative examples
            long num_pos = 0;
            long num_neg = 0;
            for (long r = 0; r < y.nr(); ++r)
            {
                if (y(r) == +1.0)
                    ++num_pos;
                else
                    ++num_neg;
            }

            // figure out how many positive and negative examples we will have in each fold
            const long num_pos_test_samples = num_pos/folds;
            const long num_pos_train_samples = num_pos - num_pos_test_samples;
            const long num_neg_test_samples = num_neg/folds;
            const long num_neg_train_samples = num_neg - num_neg_test_samples;

            sample_vector_type x_test, x_train;
            scalar_vector_type y_test, y_train;
            x_test.set_size (num_pos_test_samples  + num_neg_test_samples);
            y_test.set_size (num_pos_test_samples  + num_neg_test_samples);
            x_train.set_size(num_pos_train_samples + num_neg_train_samples);
            y_train.set_size(num_pos_train_samples + num_neg_train_samples);

            long pos_idx = 0;
            long neg_idx = 0;

            matrix<double, 1, 2, mem_manager_type> res;
            set_all_elements(res,0);

            for (long i = 0; i < folds; ++i)
            {
                long cur = 0;

                // load up our positive test samples
                while (cur < num_pos_test_samples)
                {
                    if (y(pos_idx) == +1.0)
                    {
                        x_test(cur) = x(pos_idx);
                        y_test(cur) = +1.0;
                        ++cur;
                    }
                    pos_idx = (pos_idx+1)%x.nr();
                }

                // load up our negative test samples
                while (cur < x_test.nr())
                {
                    if (y(neg_idx) == -1.0)
                    {
                        x_test(cur) = x(neg_idx);
                        y_test(cur) = -1.0;
                        ++cur;
                    }
                    neg_idx = (neg_idx+1)%x.nr();
                }

                // load the training data from the data following whatever we loaded
                // as the testing data
                long train_pos_idx = pos_idx;
                long train_neg_idx = neg_idx;
                cur = 0;

                // load up our positive train samples
                while (cur < num_pos_train_samples)
                {
                    if (y(train_pos_idx) == +1.0)
                    {
                        x_train(cur) = x(train_pos_idx);
                        y_train(cur) = +1.0;
                        ++cur;
                    }
                    train_pos_idx = (train_pos_idx+1)%x.nr();
                }

                // load up our negative train samples
                while (cur < x_train.nr())
                {
                    if (y(train_neg_idx) == -1.0)
                    {
                        x_train(cur) = x(train_neg_idx);
                        y_train(cur) = -1.0;
                        ++cur;
                    }
                    train_neg_idx = (train_neg_idx+1)%x.nr();
                }

                try
                {
                    // do the training and testing
                    res += test_binary_decision_function(trainer.train(x_train,y_train),x_test,y_test);
                }
                catch (invalid_nu_error&)
                {
                    // Just ignore the error in this case since we are going to
                    // interpret an invalid nu value the same as generating a decision
                    // function that miss-classifies everything.
                }

            } // for (long i = 0; i < folds; ++i)

            return res/(double)folds;
        }

        template <
            typename trainer_type,
            typename in_sample_vector_type,
            typename in_scalar_vector_type
            >
        const matrix<double, 1, 2, typename trainer_type::mem_manager_type>
        cross_validate_trainer (
            const trainer_type& trainer,
            const in_sample_vector_type& x,
            const in_scalar_vector_type& y,
            const long folds
        )
        {
            return cross_validate_trainer_impl(trainer,
                                               mat(x),
                                               mat(y),
                                               folds);
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        namespace prob_impl
        {
            template <typename vect_type>
            struct objective
            {
                objective (
                    const vect_type& f_,
                    const vect_type& t_
                ) : f(f_), t(t_) {}

                double operator() (
                    const matrix<double,2,1>& x
                ) const
                {
                    const double A = x(0);
                    const double B = x(1);

                    double res = 0;
                    for (unsigned long i = 0; i < f.size(); ++i)
                    {
                        const double val = A*f[i]+B;
                        // See the paper "A Note on Platt's Probabilistic Outputs for Support Vector Machines"
                        // for an explanation of why this code looks the way it does (rather than being the
                        // obvious formula).
                        if (val < 0)
                            res += (t[i] - 1)*val + std::log(1 + std::exp(val));
                        else
                            res += t[i]*val + std::log(1 + std::exp(-val));
                    }

                    return res;
                }

                const vect_type& f;
                const vect_type& t;
            };

            template <typename vect_type>
            struct der
            {
                der (
                    const vect_type& f_,
                    const vect_type& t_
                ) : f(f_), t(t_) {}

                matrix<double,2,1> operator() (
                    const matrix<double,2,1>& x
                ) const
                {
                    const double A = x(0);
                    const double B = x(1);

                    double derA = 0;
                    double derB = 0;

                    for (unsigned long i = 0; i < f.size(); ++i)
                    {
                        const double val = A*f[i]+B;
                        double p;
                        // compute p = 1/(1+exp(val))
                        // but do so in a way that avoids numerical overflow.
                        if (val < 0)
                            p = 1.0/(1 + std::exp(val));
                        else
                            p = std::exp(-val)/(1 + std::exp(-val));

                        derA += f[i]*(t[i] - p);
                        derB +=      (t[i] - p);
                    }

                    matrix<double,2,1> res;
                    res = derA, derB;
                    return res;
                }

                const vect_type& f;
                const vect_type& t;
            };

            template <typename vect_type>
            struct hessian
            {
                hessian (
                    const vect_type& f_,
                    const vect_type& t_
                ) : f(f_), t(t_) {}

                matrix<double,2,2> operator() (
                    const matrix<double,2,1>& x
                ) const
                {
                    const double A = x(0);
                    const double B = x(1);

                    matrix<double,2,2> h;
                    h = 0;

                    for (unsigned long i = 0; i < f.size(); ++i)
                    {
                        const double val = A*f[i]+B;
                        // compute pp = 1/(1+exp(val)) and
                        // compute pn = 1 - pp
                        // but do so in a way that avoids numerical overflow and catastrophic cancellation.
                        double pp, pn;
                        if (val < 0)
                        {
                            const double temp = std::exp(val);
                            pp = 1.0/(1 + temp);
                            pn = temp*pp;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            const double temp = std::exp(-val);
                            pn = 1.0/(1 + temp);
                            pp = temp*pn;
                        }

                        h(0,0) += f[i]*f[i]*pp*pn;
                        const double temp2 = f[i]*pp*pn;
                        h(0,1) += temp2;
                        h(1,0) += temp2;
                        h(1,1) += pp*pn;
                    }

                    return h;
                }

                const vect_type& f;
                const vect_type& t;
            };
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        inline double platt_scale (
            const std::pair<double,double>& params,
            const double score
        )
        {
            return 1/(1 + std::exp(params.first*score + params.second));
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <typename T, typename alloc>
        std::pair<double,double> learn_platt_scaling (
            const std::vector<T,alloc>& scores,
            const std::vector<T,alloc>& labels
        )
        {
            // make sure requires clause is not broken
            DLIB_ASSERT(is_binary_classification_problem(scores,labels) == true,
                "\t std::pair<T,T> learn_platt_scaling()"
                << "\n\t invalid inputs were given to this function"
                << "\n\t scores.size(): " << scores.size()
                << "\n\t labels.size(): " << labels.size()
                << "\n\t is_binary_classification_problem(scores,labels): " << is_binary_classification_problem(scores,labels)
                );

            const T num_pos = sum(mat(labels)>0);
            const T num_neg = sum(mat(labels)<0);
            const T hi_target = (num_pos+1)/(num_pos+2);
            const T lo_target = 1.0/(num_neg+2);

            std::vector<T,alloc> target;
            for (unsigned long i = 0; i < labels.size(); ++i)
            {
                // if this was a positive example
                if (labels[i] == +1.0)
                {
                    target.push_back(hi_target);
                }
                else if (labels[i] == -1.0)
                {
                    target.push_back(lo_target);
                }
                else
                {
                    throw dlib::error("invalid input labels to the learn_platt_scaling() function.");
                }
            }

            // Now find the maximum likelihood parameters of the sigmoid.

            prob_impl::objective<std::vector<T,alloc> > obj(scores, target);
            prob_impl::der<std::vector<T,alloc> > obj_der(scores, target);
            prob_impl::hessian<std::vector<T,alloc> > obj_hessian(scores, target);

            matrix<double,2,1> val;
            val = 0;
            find_min(newton_search_strategy(obj_hessian),
                     objective_delta_stop_strategy(),
                     obj,
                     obj_der,
                     val,
                     0);

            const double A = val(0);
            const double B = val(1);

            return std::make_pair(A,B);
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename trainer_type,
            typename sample_vector_type,
            typename label_vector_type
            >
        const probabilistic_function<typename trainer_type::trained_function_type>
        train_probabilistic_decision_function (
            const trainer_type& trainer,
            const sample_vector_type& x,
            const label_vector_type& y,
            const long folds
        )
        {
            typedef typename sample_vector_type::value_type sample_type;
            typedef typename label_vector_type::value_type scalar_type;

            /*
                This function fits a sigmoid function to the output of the
                svm trained by svm_nu_trainer or a similar trainer.  The
                technique used is the one described in the papers:

                    Probabilistic Outputs for Support Vector Machines and
                    Comparisons to Regularized Likelihood Methods by
                    John C. Platt.  March 26, 1999

                    A Note on Platt's Probabilistic Outputs for Support Vector Machines
                    by Hsuan-Tien Lin, Chih-Jen Lin, and Ruby C. Weng
            */

            // make sure requires clause is not broken
            DLIB_ASSERT(is_binary_classification_problem(x,y) == true &&
                        1 < folds && folds <= (long)x.size(),
                "\tprobabilistic_decision_function train_probabilistic_decision_function()"
                << "\n\t invalid inputs were given to this function"
                << "\n\t x.size(): " << x.size()
                << "\n\t y.size(): " << y.size()
                << "\n\t folds:  " << folds
                << "\n\t is_binary_classification_problem(x,y): " << is_binary_classification_problem(x,y)
                );

            // count the number of positive and negative examples
            const long num_pos = (long)sum(mat(y) > 0);
            const long num_neg = (long)sum(mat(y) < 0);

            // figure out how many positive and negative examples we will have in each fold
            const long num_pos_test_samples = num_pos/folds;
            const long num_pos_train_samples = num_pos - num_pos_test_samples;
            const long num_neg_test_samples = num_neg/folds;
            const long num_neg_train_samples = num_neg - num_neg_test_samples;

            typename trainer_type::trained_function_type d;
            std::vector<sample_type> x_test, x_train;
            std::vector<scalar_type> y_test, y_train;
            x_test.resize (num_pos_test_samples  + num_neg_test_samples);
            y_test.resize (num_pos_test_samples  + num_neg_test_samples);
            x_train.resize(num_pos_train_samples + num_neg_train_samples);
            y_train.resize(num_pos_train_samples + num_neg_train_samples);

            std::vector<scalar_type> out, out_label;

            long pos_idx = 0;
            long neg_idx = 0;

            for (long i = 0; i < folds; ++i)
            {
                long cur = 0;

                // load up our positive test samples
                while (cur < num_pos_test_samples)
                {
                    if (y[pos_idx] == +1.0)
                    {
                        x_test[cur] = x[pos_idx];
                        y_test[cur] = +1.0;
                        ++cur;
                    }
                    pos_idx = (pos_idx+1)%x.size();
                }

                // load up our negative test samples
                while (cur < (long)x_test.size())
                {
                    if (y[neg_idx] == -1.0)
                    {
                        x_test[cur] = x[neg_idx];
                        y_test[cur] = -1.0;
                        ++cur;
                    }
                    neg_idx = (neg_idx+1)%x.size();
                }

                // load the training data from the data following whatever we loaded
                // as the testing data
                long train_pos_idx = pos_idx;
                long train_neg_idx = neg_idx;
                cur = 0;

                // load up our positive train samples
                while (cur < num_pos_train_samples)
                {
                    if (y[train_pos_idx] == +1.0)
                    {
                        x_train[cur] = x[train_pos_idx];
                        y_train[cur] = +1.0;
                        ++cur;
                    }
                    train_pos_idx = (train_pos_idx+1)%x.size();
                }

                // load up our negative train samples
                while (cur < (long)x_train.size())
                {
                    if (y[train_neg_idx] == -1.0)
                    {
                        x_train[cur] = x[train_neg_idx];
                        y_train[cur] = -1.0;
                        ++cur;
                    }
                    train_neg_idx = (train_neg_idx+1)%x.size();
                }

                // do the training
                d = trainer.train (x_train,y_train);

                // now test this fold
                for (unsigned long i = 0; i < x_test.size(); ++i)
                {
                    out.push_back(d(x_test[i]));
                    out_label.push_back(y_test[i]);
                }

            } // for (long i = 0; i < folds; ++i)

            std::pair<double,double> params = learn_platt_scaling(out, out_label);

            const double A = params.first;
            const double B = params.second;

            return probabilistic_function<typename trainer_type::trained_function_type>( A, B, trainer.train(x,y) );
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <typename trainer_type>
        struct trainer_adapter_probabilistic
        {
            typedef probabilistic_function<typename trainer_type::trained_function_type> trained_function_type;

            const trainer_type trainer;
            const long folds;

            trainer_adapter_probabilistic (
                const trainer_type& trainer_,
                const long folds_
            ) : trainer(trainer_),folds(folds_) {}

            template <
                typename T,
                typename U
                >
            const trained_function_type train (
                const T& samples,
                const U& labels
            ) const
            {
                return train_probabilistic_decision_function(trainer, samples, labels, folds);
            }

        };

        template <
            typename trainer_type
            >
        trainer_adapter_probabilistic<trainer_type> probabilistic (
            const trainer_type& trainer,
            const long folds
        )
        {
            return trainer_adapter_probabilistic<trainer_type>(trainer,folds);
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T,
            typename U,
            typename V,
            typename rand_type
            >
        typename enable_if<is_matrix<T>,void>::type randomize_samples (
            T& t,
            U& u,
            V& v,
            rand_type& r
        )
        {
            // make sure requires clause is not broken
            DLIB_ASSERT(is_vector(t) && is_vector(u) && is_vector(v) && u.size() == t.size() &&
                        u.size() == v.size(),
                "\t randomize_samples(t,u,v)"
                << "\n\t invalid inputs were given to this function"
                << "\n\t t.size(): " << t.size()
                << "\n\t u.size(): " << u.size()
                << "\n\t v.size(): " << v.size()
                << "\n\t is_vector(t): " << is_vector(t)
                << "\n\t is_vector(u): " << is_vector(u)
                << "\n\t is_vector(v): " << is_vector(v)
                );

            long n = t.size()-1;
            while (n > 0)
            {
                // pick a random index to swap into t[n]
                const unsigned long idx = r.get_random_32bit_number()%(n+1);

                // swap our randomly selected index into the n position
                exchange(t(idx), t(n));
                exchange(u(idx), u(n));
                exchange(v(idx), v(n));

                --n;
            }
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T,
            typename U,
            typename V,
            typename rand_type
            >
        typename disable_if<is_matrix<T>,void>::type randomize_samples (
            T& t,
            U& u,
            V& v,
            rand_type& r
        )
        {
            // make sure requires clause is not broken
            DLIB_ASSERT(u.size() == t.size() && u.size() == v.size(),
                "\t randomize_samples(t,u,v)"
                << "\n\t invalid inputs were given to this function"
                << "\n\t t.size(): " << t.size()
                << "\n\t u.size(): " << u.size()
                << "\n\t v.size(): " << v.size()
                );

            long n = t.size()-1;
            while (n > 0)
            {
                // pick a random index to swap into t[n]
                const unsigned long idx = r.get_random_32bit_number()%(n+1);

                // swap our randomly selected index into the n position
                exchange(t[idx], t[n]);
                exchange(u[idx], u[n]);
                exchange(v[idx], v[n]);

                --n;
            }
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T,
            typename U,
            typename V
            >
        typename disable_if<is_rand<V>,void>::type randomize_samples (
            T& t,
            U& u,
            V& v
        )
        {
            rand r;
            randomize_samples(t,u,v,r);
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T,
            typename U,
            typename rand_type
            >
        typename enable_if_c<is_matrix<T>::value && is_rand<rand_type>::value,void>::type randomize_samples (
            T& t,
            U& u,
            rand_type& r
        )
        {
            // make sure requires clause is not broken
            DLIB_ASSERT(is_vector(t) && is_vector(u) && u.size() == t.size(),
                "\t randomize_samples(t,u)"
                << "\n\t invalid inputs were given to this function"
                << "\n\t t.size(): " << t.size()
                << "\n\t u.size(): " << u.size()
                << "\n\t is_vector(t): " << (is_vector(t)? "true" : "false")
                << "\n\t is_vector(u): " << (is_vector(u)? "true" : "false")
                );

            long n = t.size()-1;
            while (n > 0)
            {
                // pick a random index to swap into t[n]
                const unsigned long idx = r.get_random_32bit_number()%(n+1);

                // swap our randomly selected index into the n position
                exchange(t(idx), t(n));
                exchange(u(idx), u(n));

                --n;
            }
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T,
            typename U,
            typename rand_type
            >
        typename disable_if_c<is_matrix<T>::value || !is_rand<rand_type>::value,void>::type randomize_samples (
            T& t,
            U& u,
            rand_type& r
        )
        {
            // make sure requires clause is not broken
            DLIB_ASSERT(u.size() == t.size(),
                "\t randomize_samples(t,u)"
                << "\n\t invalid inputs were given to this function"
                << "\n\t t.size(): " << t.size()
                << "\n\t u.size(): " << u.size()
                );

            long n = t.size()-1;
            while (n > 0)
            {
                // pick a random index to swap into t[n]
                const unsigned long idx = r.get_random_32bit_number()%(n+1);

                // swap our randomly selected index into the n position
                exchange(t[idx], t[n]);
                exchange(u[idx], u[n]);

                --n;
            }
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T,
            typename U
            >
        typename disable_if<is_rand<U>,void>::type randomize_samples (
            T& t,
            U& u
        )
        {
            rand r;
            randomize_samples(t,u,r);
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T,
            typename rand_type
            >
        typename enable_if_c<is_matrix<T>::value && is_rand<rand_type>::value,void>::type randomize_samples (
            T& t,
            rand_type& r
        )
        {
            // make sure requires clause is not broken
            DLIB_ASSERT(is_vector(t),
                "\t randomize_samples(t)"
                << "\n\t invalid inputs were given to this function"
                << "\n\t is_vector(t): " << (is_vector(t)? "true" : "false")
                );

            long n = t.size()-1;
            while (n > 0)
            {
                // pick a random index to swap into t[n]
                const unsigned long idx = r.get_random_32bit_number()%(n+1);

                // swap our randomly selected index into the n position
                exchange(t(idx), t(n));

                --n;
            }
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T,
            typename rand_type
            >
        typename disable_if_c<(is_matrix<T>::value==true)||(is_rand<rand_type>::value==false),void>::type randomize_samples (
            T& t,
            rand_type& r
        )
        {
            long n = t.size()-1;
            while (n > 0)
            {
                // pick a random index to swap into t[n]
                const unsigned long idx = r.get_random_32bit_number()%(n+1);

                // swap our randomly selected index into the n position
                exchange(t[idx], t[n]);

                --n;
            }
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename T
            >
        void randomize_samples (
            T& t
        )
        {
            rand r;
            randomize_samples(t,r);
        }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    }

    #endif // DLIB_SVm_