edu.jhu.bme.smile.commons.optimize
Interface OptimizerNDContinuousDifferentiable

All Known Implementing Classes:

LevenbergMarquardt, LineSearchNDDifferentiable

public interface OptimizerNDContinuousDifferentiable

Interface for Differentiable ND functions.

Author:

Yufeng Guo, Hanlin Wan

Method Summary

double[]	getExtrema() Gets the optimized value.
int	getIterations() Gets the number of iterations done.
void	initialize(OptimizableNDContinuousDifferentiable function) Initializes an OptimizableNDContinuousDifferentiable function.
boolean	optimize(boolean findMinima) Optimizes a funtion.
java.lang.String	statusMessage() Gets any status message.

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize(OptimizableNDContinuousDifferentiable function)

Initializes an OptimizableNDContinuousDifferentiable function.

Parameters:

function - N-dimensional differentiable function to optimize

optimize

boolean optimize(boolean findMinima)

Optimizes a funtion.

Parameters:

findMinima - true if find min, false if find max

Returns:

true if optimization successful, false if failed

getExtrema

double[] getExtrema()

Gets the optimized value.

Returns:

the array of extrema values

getIterations

int getIterations()

Gets the number of iterations done.

Returns:

number of iterations

statusMessage

java.lang.String statusMessage()

Gets any status message.

Returns:

status message