problem
Interface OptimizationProblem

All Known Subinterfaces:

BoundConstrainedProblem, InequalityConstrainedProblem, MultiObjectiveProblem

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicBoundConstrainedProblem, BasicInequalityConstrainedProblem, BasicMultiObjectiveProblem, BasicOptimizationProblem, VectorFunctionToProblem

public interface OptimizationProblem

Top-level interface for optimization problems.

Author:

dgorur

Method Summary

Hypercube	getBounds() Returns the bounds for this problem.
int	getInputDimension() Returns the dimensionality of the inputs to this problem.
ScalarFunction	getObjective() Returns the objective for this problem, which is a ScalarFunction.
int	getOutputDimension() Returns the number of outputs = number of constraints + 1.
void	init() Initialization routine.
DataBlock	makeDataBlock(cern.colt.matrix.DoubleMatrix2D X) Constructs and returns a DataBlock corresponding to the given set of inputs, specified row-wise in a DoubleMatrix2D.
DataPoint	makeDataPoint(double[] x) Constructs and returns a DataPoint corresponding to a given input, containing the associated objective values and constraint violations.
void	setObjective(ScalarFunction obj) Sets the objective for this problem..

Method Detail

getBounds

Hypercube getBounds()

Returns the bounds for this problem.

Returns:

the bounds for this problem.

getInputDimension

int getInputDimension()

Returns the dimensionality of the inputs to this problem.

Returns:

the input dimension.

getObjective

ScalarFunction getObjective()

Returns the objective for this problem, which is a ScalarFunction.

Returns:

the objective for this problem.

getOutputDimension

int getOutputDimension()

Returns the number of outputs = number of constraints + 1.

Returns:

the output dimension.

init

void init()

Initialization routine.

makeDataBlock

DataBlock makeDataBlock(cern.colt.matrix.DoubleMatrix2D X)

Constructs and returns a DataBlock corresponding to the given set of inputs, specified row-wise in a DoubleMatrix2D.

Parameters:

X - the given matrix of inputs.

Returns:

a DataBlock containing these inputs and the corresponding objective and constraint values.

makeDataPoint

DataPoint makeDataPoint(double[] x)

Constructs and returns a DataPoint corresponding to a given input, containing the associated objective values and constraint violations.

Parameters:

x - the given input.

Returns:

a DataPoint corresponding to this input.

setObjective

void setObjective(ScalarFunction obj)

Sets the objective for this problem..

Parameters:

obj - the given objective.