private static Normalization determineNormalization(Element model) {
    
    Normalization normMethod = Normalization.NONE;

    String normName = model.getAttribute("normalizationMethod");
    if (normName.equals("simplemax")) {
      normMethod = Normalization.SIMPLEMAX;
    } else if (normName.equals("softmax")) {
      normMethod = Normalization.SOFTMAX;
    } else if (normName.equals("logit")) {
      normMethod = Normalization.LOGIT;
    } else if (normName.equals("probit")) {
      normMethod = Normalization.PROBIT;
    } else if (normName.equals("cloglog")) {
      normMethod = Normalization.CLOGLOG;
    } else if (normName.equals("exp")) {
      normMethod = Normalization.EXP;
    } else if (normName.equals("loglog")) {
      normMethod = Normalization.LOGLOG;
    } else if (normName.equals("cauchit")) {
      normMethod = Normalization.CAUCHIT;
    } 
    return normMethod;
  }