//
// opt.h
//
// Copyright (C) 1996 Limit Point Systems, Inc.
//
// Author: Curtis Janssen <cljanss@limitpt.com>
// Maintainer: LPS
//
// This file is part of the SC Toolkit.
//
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//

#ifndef _math_optimize_opt_h
#define _math_optimize_opt_h

#ifdef __GNUC__
#pragma interface
#endif

#include <util/state/state.h>
#include <util/class/class.h>
#include <math/scmat/matrix.h>
#include <math/optimize/function.h>
#include <math/optimize/conv.h>

namespace sc {

// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/** The Optimize class is an abstract base class for classes
    that find the extreme points of Function's. */
class Optimize: virtual public SavableState {
  protected:
    int max_iterations_;
    int n_iterations_;
    int ckpt_;
    int print_timings_;
    double max_stepsize_;
    char *ckpt_file;
    Ref<Function> function_;
    Ref<Convergence> conv_;
  public:
    Optimize();
    /// Restore the state of a Function object.
    Optimize(StateIn&);

    /** The KeyVal constructor reads the following information:

        <dl>

        <dt><tt>checkpoint</tt><dd> If true, the optimization will be
        checkpointed.  The default is false.

        <dt><tt>checkpoint_file</tt><dd> The name of the checkpoint file.
        The name defaults to opt_ckpt.dat.

        <dt><tt>max_iterations</tt><dd> The maximum number of interations.
        The default is 10.

        <dt><tt>max_stepsize</tt><dd> The maximum stepsize.  The default is
        0.6.

        <dt><tt>function</tt><dd> A Function object.  There is no default.

        <dt><tt>convergence</tt><dd> This can be either a floating point
        number or a Convergence object.  If it is a floating point number
        then it is the convergence criterion.  See the description
        Convergence class for the default.

        </dl> */
    Optimize(const Ref<KeyVal>&);
    virtual ~Optimize();

    void save_data_state(StateOut&);

    /** Do the optimization.  Returns nonzero if the optimization
        is complete. */
    virtual int optimize();

    /// Set up for checkpointing.
    void set_checkpoint();
    void set_checkpoint_file(const char*);

    /// Set the function to be optimized
    void set_function(const Ref<Function>&);
    
    /// Set the iteration limit.
    void set_max_iterations(int);
  
    /// Initialize the optimizer.
    virtual void init();
    /** Take a step.  Returns 1 if the optimization has converged,
        otherwise 0. */
    virtual int update() = 0;

    virtual void apply_transform(const Ref<NonlinearTransform>&);

    /// Returns information about the Function being optimized.
    Ref<Function> function() const { return function_; }
    Ref<SCMatrixKit> matrixkit() const { return function_->matrixkit(); }
    RefSCDimension dimension() const { return function_->dimension(); }
};


/** The LineOpt abstract class is used to perform one dimensional
optimizations.*/
class LineOpt: public Optimize {
  protected:
    RefSCVector search_direction_;
  public:
    LineOpt();
    LineOpt(StateIn&);
    LineOpt(const Ref<KeyVal>&);
    ~LineOpt();
    void save_data_state(StateOut&);

    void apply_tranform(const Ref<NonlinearTransform>&);

    void set_search_direction(RefSCVector&);
};

}

#endif

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