COptMethodNelderMead.h

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// Copyright (C) 2011 - 2010 by Pedro Mendes, Virginia Tech Intellectual
// Properties, Inc., University of Heidelberg, and The University
// of Manchester.
// All rights reserved.

// Copyright (C) 2001 - 2007 by Pedro Mendes, Virginia Tech Intellectual
// Properties, Inc. and EML Research, gGmbH.
// All rights reserved.

/**
 * COptMethodNelderMead class
 */

#ifndef COPASI_COptMethodNelderMead
#define COPASI_COptMethodNelderMead

#include <vector>
#include "utilities/CMatrix.h"
#include "optimization/COptMethod.h"

class CRandom;

class COptMethodNelderMead : public COptMethod
{
  friend COptMethod * COptMethod::createMethod(CCopasiMethod::SubType subType);

  // Operations
public:
  /**
   * Copy Constructor
   * @param const COptMethodNelderMead & src
   * @param const CCopasiContainer * pParent (default: NULL)
   */
  COptMethodNelderMead(const COptMethodNelderMead & src,
                       const CCopasiContainer * pParent = NULL);

  /**
   * Destructor
   */
  virtual ~COptMethodNelderMead();

  /**
   * Execute the optimization algorithm calling simulation routine
   * when needed. It is noted that this procedure can give feedback
   * of its progress by the callback function set with SetCallback.
   * @ return success;
   */
  virtual bool optimise();

private:
  /**
   * Default Constructor
   * @param const CCopasiContainer * pParent (default: NULL)
   */
  COptMethodNelderMead(const CCopasiContainer * pParent = NULL);

  /**
   * Initialize contained objects.
   */
  void initObjects();

  /**
   * Initialize arrays and pointer.
   * @return bool success
   */
  virtual bool initialize();

  /**
   * Cleanup arrays and pointers.
   * @return bool success
   */
  virtual bool cleanup();

  /**
   * Evaluate the objective function
   * @return bool continue
   */
  const C_FLOAT64 & evaluate();

  // Attributes
private:

  /**
   * The maximum number of iterations
   */
  unsigned C_INT32 mIterationLimit;

  /**
   * The tolerance
   */
  C_FLOAT64 mTolerance;

  /**
   * The scale
   */
  C_FLOAT64 mScale;

  /**
   * The number of iterations
   */
  unsigned C_INT32 mIteration;

  /**
   * Handle to the process report item "Current Iteration"
   */
  size_t mhIteration;

  /**
   * number of parameters
   */
  size_t mVariableSize;

  /**
   * The simplex
   */
  CMatrix< C_FLOAT64 > mSimplex;

  /**
   * Array of values of objective function for each corner of the simplex
   */
  CVector< C_FLOAT64 > mValue;

  /**
   * The centroid of the simplex
   */
  CVector <C_FLOAT64 > mCentroid;

  /**
   * The current solution guess
   */
  CVector< C_FLOAT64 > mCurrent;

  /**
   * The step taken
   */
  CVector< C_FLOAT64 > mStep;

  /**
   * The best value found so far
   */
  C_FLOAT64 mBestValue;

  /**
   * The result of a function evaluation
   */
  C_FLOAT64 mEvaluationValue;

  /**
   * Flag indicating whether the computation shall continue
   */
  bool mContinue;
};

#endif  // COPASI_COptMethodNelderMead