net.sf.tweety.math.opt.solver

Class OctaveSqpSolver

java.lang.Object

net.sf.tweety.math.opt.Solver

net.sf.tweety.math.opt.solver.OctaveSqpSolver

public class OctaveSqpSolver
extends Solver

Provides a bridge to the Octave (http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/) optimization solver "sqp" which implements a successive quadratic programming solver for general non-linear optimization problems.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OctaveSqpSolver() Default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	isInstalled()
static void	setPathToOctave(String pathToOctave)
Map<Variable,Term>	solve(ConstraintSatisfactionProblem problem) Computes a solution to the given constraint satisfaction or optimization problem, i.e.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.tweety.math.opt.Solver

getDefaultGeneralSolver, getDefaultIntegerLinearSolver, getDefaultLinearSolver, hasDefaultGeneralSolver, hasDefaultIntegerLinearSolver, hasDefaultLinearSolver, setDefaultGeneralSolver, setDefaultIntegerLinearSolver, setDefaultLinearSolver

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OctaveSqpSolver

public OctaveSqpSolver()

Default constructor. If "octave" is not in the PATH, it must be set using the static method "setPathToOctave"

Method Detail

setPathToOctave

public static void setPathToOctave(String pathToOctave)

solve

public Map<Variable,Term> solve(ConstraintSatisfactionProblem problem)
                         throws GeneralMathException

Description copied from class: Solver

Computes a solution to the given constraint satisfaction or optimization problem, i.e. a mapping from variables of the problem to terms.

Specified by:

solve in class Solver

Parameters:

problem - the actual problem

Returns:

a mapping from variables of the problem to terms.

Throws:

GeneralMathException - if something went wrong.

isInstalled

public static boolean isInstalled()
                           throws UnsupportedOperationException

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException