QuantLib
A free/open-source library for quantitative finance
Reference manual - version 1.20
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LineSearch Class Referenceabstract

Base class for line search. More...

#include <ql/math/optimization/linesearch.hpp>

+ Inheritance diagram for LineSearch:

Public Member Functions

 LineSearch (Real=0.0)
 Default constructor.
 
virtual ~LineSearch ()
 Destructor.
 
const ArraylastX ()
 return last x value
 
Real lastFunctionValue () const
 return last cost function value
 
const ArraylastGradient ()
 return last gradient
 
Real lastGradientNorm2 () const
 return square norm of last gradient
 
bool succeed () const
 
virtual Real operator() (Problem &P, EndCriteria::Type &ecType, const EndCriteria &, Real t_ini)=0
 Perform line search.
 
Real update (Array &params, const Array &direction, Real beta, const Constraint &constraint)
 
const ArraysearchDirection () const
 current value of the search direction
 
ArraysearchDirection ()
 

Protected Attributes

Array searchDirection_
 current values of the search direction
 
Array xtd_
 new x and its gradient
 
Array gradient_
 
Real qt_
 cost function value and gradient norm corresponding to xtd_
 
Real qpt_
 
bool succeed_
 flag to know if linesearch succeed
 

Detailed Description

Base class for line search.