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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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*/ |
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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 |
