org.spaceroots.mantissa.optimization
Interface CostFunction

public interface CostFunction

This interface represents a cost function to be minimized.

Version:

$Id: CostFunction.java 1580 2004-07-15 20:13:43Z luc $

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

Method Summary

double

cost(double[] x) Compute the cost associated to the given parameters array.

Method Detail

cost

public double cost(double[] x)
            throws CostException

Compute the cost associated to the given parameters array.

Parameters:

x - parameters array

Returns:

cost associated to the parameters array

Throws:

CostException - if no cost can be computed for the parameters

See Also:

PointCostPair