source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Problems.TestFunctions/3.3/Evaluators/SingleObjectiveTestFunctionProblemEvaluator.cs @ 3384

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using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Encodings.RealVectorEncoding;
using HeuristicLab.Operators;
using HeuristicLab.Parameters;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.TestFunctions {
  /// <summary>
  /// Base class for a test function evaluator.
  /// </summary>
  [Item("Evaluator", "Base calls for single objective test function evaluators.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public abstract class SingleObjectiveTestFunctionProblemEvaluator : SingleSuccessorOperator, ISingleObjectiveTestFunctionProblemEvaluator {
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns whether the actual function constitutes a maximization or minimization problem.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract bool Maximization { get; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the lower and upper bound of the function.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract DoubleMatrix Bounds { get; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the optimum function value.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract double BestKnownQuality { get; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the minimum problem size.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract int MinimumProblemSize { get; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the maximum problem size.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract int MaximumProblemSize { get; }

    public ILookupParameter<DoubleValue> QualityParameter {
      get { return (ILookupParameter<DoubleValue>)Parameters["Quality"]; }
    }
    public ILookupParameter<RealVector> PointParameter {
      get { return (ILookupParameter<RealVector>)Parameters["Point"]; }
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="SingleObjectiveTestFunctionEvaluator"/> with two parameters
    /// (<c>Quality</c> and <c>Point</c>).
    /// </summary>
    public SingleObjectiveTestFunctionProblemEvaluator() {
      Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter<DoubleValue>("Quality", "Result of the evaluation of a solution."));
      Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter<RealVector>("Point", "The point at which the function should be evaluated."));
    }

    public override IOperation Apply() {
      RealVector point = PointParameter.ActualValue;
      double quality = EvaluateFunction(point);
      QualityParameter.ActualValue = new DoubleValue(quality);
      return base.Apply();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Evaluates the test function for a specific <paramref name="point"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="point">N-dimensional point for which the test function should be evaluated.</param>
    /// <returns>The result value of the function at the given point.</returns>
    protected abstract double EvaluateFunction(RealVector point);
  }
}