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/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ | 
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/* | 
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 Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Ferdinando Ametrano | 
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 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Nicolas Di Césaré | 
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 Copyright (C) 2007 François du Vignaud | 
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 This file is part of QuantLib, a free-software/open-source library | 
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 for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://quantlib.org/ | 
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 QuantLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it | 
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 under the terms of the QuantLib license.  You should have received a | 
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 copy of the license along with this program; if not, please email | 
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 <quantlib-dev@lists.sf.net>. The license is also available online at | 
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 <http://quantlib.org/license.shtml>. | 
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 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT | 
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 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS | 
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 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the license for more details. | 
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*/ | 
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/*! \file method.hpp | 
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    \brief Abstract optimization method class | 
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#ifndef quantlib_optimization_method_h | 
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#define quantlib_optimization_method_h | 
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#include "optimization/EndCriteria.hpp" | 
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namespace QuantLib { | 
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    class Problem; | 
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    //! Abstract class for constrained optimization method | 
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    class OptimizationMethod { | 
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      public: | 
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        virtual ~OptimizationMethod() {} | 
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        //! minimize the optimization problem P | 
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        virtual EndCriteria::Type minimize(Problem& P, | 
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                                           const EndCriteria& endCriteria) = 0; | 
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    }; | 
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} | 
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#endif |