Optimizer.h

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// QUESO - a library to support the Quantification of Uncertainty
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#ifndef UQ_BASE_OPTIMIZER_H
#define UQ_BASE_OPTIMIZER_H

namespace QUESO {

class Vector;
class OptimizerMonitor;

class BaseOptimizer {
public:
  BaseOptimizer();

  virtual ~BaseOptimizer();


  virtual void minimize(OptimizerMonitor* monitor) = 0;


  unsigned int getMaxIterations() const;


  double getTolerance() const;


  double getFiniteDifferenceStepSize() const;

  void setMaxIterations(unsigned int maxIterations);

  void setTolerance(double tolerance);

  void setFiniteDifferenceStepSize(double h);

protected:

  unsigned int m_maxIterations;
  double m_tolerance;
  double m_finiteDifferenceStepSize;
};

}  // End namespace QUESO

#endif // UQ_BASE_OPTIMIZER_H