Package pal.math

Interface MultivariateFunction

All Known Subinterfaces:
MFWithGradient
All Known Implementing Classes:
BoundsCheckedFunction, ChiSquareValue, DemographicValue, EvaluationCounter, ModelParameters
public interface MultivariateFunction
interface for a function of several variables
Author:
Korbinian Strimmer

  • Method Details

    • evaluate

      double evaluate(double[] argument)
      compute function value
      Parameters:
      argument - function argument (vector)
      Returns:
      function value

    • getNumArguments

      int getNumArguments()
      get number of arguments
      Returns:
      number of arguments

    • getLowerBound

      double getLowerBound(int n)
      get lower bound of argument n
      Parameters:
      n - argument number
      Returns:
      lower bound

    • getUpperBound

      double getUpperBound(int n)
      get upper bound of argument n
      Parameters:
      n - argument number
      Returns:
      upper bound

    • getOrthogonalHints

      OrthogonalHints getOrthogonalHints()
      Returns:
      an Orthogonal Hints object that can be used by Orthogonal based optimisers to get information about the function