| 1 | gezelter | 1741 | /* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ | 
| 2 |  |  |  | 
| 3 |  |  | /* | 
| 4 |  |  | Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Ferdinando Ametrano | 
| 5 |  |  | Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Nicolas Di Césaré | 
| 6 |  |  | Copyright (C) 2007 François du Vignaud | 
| 7 |  |  |  | 
| 8 |  |  | This file is part of QuantLib, a free-software/open-source library | 
| 9 |  |  | for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://quantlib.org/ | 
| 10 |  |  |  | 
| 11 |  |  | QuantLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it | 
| 12 |  |  | under the terms of the QuantLib license.  You should have received a | 
| 13 |  |  | copy of the license along with this program; if not, please email | 
| 14 |  |  | <quantlib-dev@lists.sf.net>. The license is also available online at | 
| 15 |  |  | <http://quantlib.org/license.shtml>. | 
| 16 |  |  |  | 
| 17 |  |  | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT | 
| 18 |  |  | ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS | 
| 19 |  |  | FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the license for more details. | 
| 20 |  |  | */ | 
| 21 |  |  |  | 
| 22 |  |  | /*! \file method.hpp | 
| 23 |  |  | \brief Abstract optimization method class | 
| 24 |  |  | */ | 
| 25 |  |  |  | 
| 26 |  |  | #ifndef quantlib_optimization_method_h | 
| 27 |  |  | #define quantlib_optimization_method_h | 
| 28 |  |  |  | 
| 29 |  |  | #include "optimization/EndCriteria.hpp" | 
| 30 |  |  |  | 
| 31 |  |  | namespace QuantLib { | 
| 32 |  |  |  | 
| 33 |  |  | class Problem; | 
| 34 |  |  |  | 
| 35 |  |  | //! Abstract class for constrained optimization method | 
| 36 |  |  | class OptimizationMethod { | 
| 37 |  |  | public: | 
| 38 |  |  | virtual ~OptimizationMethod() {} | 
| 39 |  |  |  | 
| 40 |  |  | //! minimize the optimization problem P | 
| 41 |  |  | virtual EndCriteria::Type minimize(Problem& P, | 
| 42 |  |  | const EndCriteria& endCriteria) = 0; | 
| 43 |  |  | }; | 
| 44 |  |  |  | 
| 45 |  |  | } | 
| 46 |  |  |  | 
| 47 |  |  | #endif |