genopt.db
Class ContinuousParameter

java.lang.Object
  genopt.db.IndependentParameter
      genopt.db.ContinuousParameter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class ContinuousParameter
extends IndependentParameter

Object that represents a continuous parameter of the optimization process. Note the meaning of field constraints.

Meaning of field constraints:

 1: no under boundary, no upper boundary
 2: under boundary,    no upper boundary
 3: under boundary,    upper boundary
 4: no under boundary, upper boundary 

This project was carried out at:

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Simulation Research Group,

and supported by

• the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),
• the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW),
• the Swiss National Energy Fund (NEFF), and
• the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

GenOpt Copyright (c) 1998-2011, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy). All rights reserved.

Version:

GenOpt(R) 3.1.0 (December 8, 2011)

Author:

Michael Wetter

Field Summary

protected int	constraint kind of constraint 1: continuous, unconstrained, 2: continuous, lower bounded, 3: continuous, lower and upper bounded, 4: continuous, upper bounded
protected double	maximum upper boundary
protected double	minimum lower boundary
protected double	original value in the original space
protected double	originalStepSize step size in the original space

Fields inherited from class genopt.db.IndependentParameter

name

Constructor Summary

ContinuousParameter()
constructor.

ContinuousParameter(java.lang.String VariableName, double MinValue, double OriginalValue, double MaxValue, double OriginalStepSize, int Constraint)
Constructor for a continuous variable.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.Object	clone() Clone
int	getKindOfConstraint() Gets the kind of constraint
double	getMaximum() Gets the maximum restriction of the parameter
double	getMinimum() Gets the minimum restriction of the parameter
double	getOriginalStepSize() Gets the step size in the original space
double	getOriginalValue() Gets the parameter value in the original space
static double	getTransformedStepSize(double x, double dx, double l, double u, int con, int dir) Gets the step size in the transformed space
double	getTransformedValue() Gets the parameter value in the transformed space
static double[]	transformValue(double[] x, double[] l, double[] u, int[] con, int dir) Transforms a value from the original to the transformed space or vice-versa, depending on the value of direction
static double	transformValue(double x, double l, double u, int con, int dir) Transforms a value from the original to the transformed space or vice-versa, depending on the value of direction

Methods inherited from class genopt.db.IndependentParameter

getName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

original

protected double original

value in the original space

minimum

protected double minimum

lower boundary

maximum

protected double maximum

upper boundary

originalStepSize

protected double originalStepSize

step size in the original space

constraint

protected int constraint

kind of constraint
1: continuous, unconstrained,
2: continuous, lower bounded,
3: continuous, lower and upper bounded,
4: continuous, upper bounded

Constructor Detail

ContinuousParameter

public ContinuousParameter()

constructor. Does nothing

ContinuousParameter

public ContinuousParameter(java.lang.String VariableName,
                           double MinValue,
                           double OriginalValue,
                           double MaxValue,
                           double OriginalStepSize,
                           int Constraint)

Constructor for a continuous variable.

Parameters:

VariableName - Name of the free parameter as specified in the command file

MinValue - Minimum of free parameter

OriginalValue - Initial value of free parameter in orginal space

MaxValue - Maximum of free parameter

OriginalStepSize - Step size in original space

Constraint - Integer that specifies the kind of parameter constraints
1: continuous, unconstrained,
2: continuous, lower bounded,
3: continuous, lower and upper bounded,
4: continuous, upper bounded

Method Detail

clone

protected java.lang.Object clone()

Clone

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

getOriginalValue

public final double getOriginalValue()

Gets the parameter value in the original space

Returns:

parameter value in the original space

getTransformedValue

public final double getTransformedValue()

Gets the parameter value in the transformed space

Returns:

parameter value in the transformed space

getMinimum

public final double getMinimum()

Gets the minimum restriction of the parameter

Returns:

minimum restriction of the parameter

getMaximum

public final double getMaximum()

Gets the maximum restriction of the parameter

Returns:

maximum restriction of the parameter

getOriginalStepSize

public final double getOriginalStepSize()

Gets the step size in the original space

Returns:

step size in the original space

getKindOfConstraint

public final int getKindOfConstraint()

Gets the kind of constraint

Returns:

kind of constraint

transformValue

public static double[] transformValue(double[] x,
                                      double[] l,
                                      double[] u,
                                      int[] con,
                                      int dir)

Transforms a value from the original to the transformed space or vice-versa, depending on the value of direction

Parameters:

x - the value that has to be transformed

l - its minimum value (or any dummy value if not applicable for this type of constraint

u - its minimum value (or any dummy value if not applicable for this type of constraint

con - kind of constraint

dir - 0 if transformation has to be done from original to transformed space, 1 otherwise

Returns:

the transformed value

transformValue

public static double transformValue(double x,
                                    double l,
                                    double u,
                                    int con,
                                    int dir)

Transforms a value from the original to the transformed space or vice-versa, depending on the value of direction

Parameters:

x - the value that has to be transformed

l - its minimum value (or any dummy value if not applicable for this type of constraint

u - its minimum value (or any dummy value if not applicable for this type of constraint

con - kind of constraint

dir - 0 if transformation has to be done from original to transformed space, 1 otherwise

Returns:

the transformed value

getTransformedStepSize

public static double getTransformedStepSize(double x,
                                            double dx,
                                            double l,
                                            double u,
                                            int con,
                                            int dir)

Gets the step size in the transformed space

Parameters:

x - the parameter value in the original space

dx - the step size in the original space

l - its minimum value (or any dummy value if not applicable for this type of constraint

u - its minimum value (or any dummy value if not applicable for this type of constraint

con - kind of constraint

dir - 0 if transformation has to be done from original to transformed space, 1 otherwise

Returns:

step size in the transformed space