source: branches/HeuristicLab.Problems.GrammaticalOptimization-gkr/HeuristicLab.Problems.GrammaticalOptimization/Interfaces/IProblem.cs @ 13599

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.GrammaticalOptimization {
  // represents a grammatical optimization problem
  public interface IProblem {
    string Name { get; }
    double BestKnownQuality(int maxLen);
    IGrammar Grammar { get; }
    double Evaluate(string sentence);
    bool IsOptimalPhrase(string phrase); // determines if the phrase can be derived to an optimal solution
    string CanonicalRepresentation(string phrase); // canonical state must use correct syntax (must be a valid input for evaluate)
    IEnumerable<Feature> GetFeatures(string phrase);
  }
}