org.apache.commons.math.optimization
Interface CostFunction

public interface CostFunction

This interface represents a cost function to be minimized.

Since:

1.2

Version:

$Revision: 620312 $ $Date: 2008-02-10 12:28:59 -0700 (Sun, 10 Feb 2008) $

Method Summary

double

cost(double[] x) Compute the cost associated to the given parameters array.

Method Detail

cost

double cost(double[] x)
            throws CostException

Compute the cost associated to the given parameters array.

Parameters:

x - parameters array

Returns:

cost associated to the parameters array

Throws:

CostException - if no cost can be computed for the parameters

See Also:

PointCostPair