SimpleValueChecker.java

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package org.apache.commons.math3.optimization;

import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;
import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NotStrictlyPositiveException;

/**
 * Simple implementation of the {@link ConvergenceChecker} interface using
 * only objective function values.
 *
 * Convergence is considered to have been reached if either the relative
 * difference between the objective function values is smaller than a
 * threshold or if either the absolute difference between the objective
 * function values is smaller than another threshold.
 * <br/>
 * The {@link #converged(int,PointValuePair,PointValuePair) converged}
 * method will also return {@code true} if the number of iterations has been set
 * (see {@link #SimpleValueChecker(double,double,int) this constructor}).
 *
 * @deprecated As of 3.1 (to be removed in 4.0).
 * @since 3.0
 */
@Deprecated
public class SimpleValueChecker
    extends AbstractConvergenceChecker<PointValuePair> {
    /**
     * If {@link #maxIterationCount} is set to this value, the number of
     * iterations will never cause
     * {@link #converged(int,PointValuePair,PointValuePair)}
     * to return {@code true}.
     */
    private static final int ITERATION_CHECK_DISABLED = -1;
    /**
     * Number of iterations after which the
     * {@link #converged(int,PointValuePair,PointValuePair)} method
     * will return true (unless the check is disabled).
     */
    private final int maxIterationCount;

    /**
     * Build an instance with default thresholds.
     * @deprecated See {@link AbstractConvergenceChecker#AbstractConvergenceChecker()}
     */
    @Deprecated
    public SimpleValueChecker() {
        maxIterationCount = ITERATION_CHECK_DISABLED;
    }

    /** Build an instance with specified thresholds.
     *
     * In order to perform only relative checks, the absolute tolerance
     * must be set to a negative value. In order to perform only absolute
     * checks, the relative tolerance must be set to a negative value.
     *
     * @param relativeThreshold relative tolerance threshold
     * @param absoluteThreshold absolute tolerance threshold
     */
    public SimpleValueChecker(final double relativeThreshold,
                              final double absoluteThreshold) {
        super(relativeThreshold, absoluteThreshold);
        maxIterationCount = ITERATION_CHECK_DISABLED;
    }

    /**
     * Builds an instance with specified thresholds.
     *
     * In order to perform only relative checks, the absolute tolerance
     * must be set to a negative value. In order to perform only absolute
     * checks, the relative tolerance must be set to a negative value.
     *
     * @param relativeThreshold relative tolerance threshold
     * @param absoluteThreshold absolute tolerance threshold
     * @param maxIter Maximum iteration count.
     * @throws NotStrictlyPositiveException if {@code maxIter <= 0}.
     *
     * @since 3.1
     */
    public SimpleValueChecker(final double relativeThreshold,
                              final double absoluteThreshold,
                              final int maxIter) {
        super(relativeThreshold, absoluteThreshold);

        if (maxIter <= 0) {
            throw new NotStrictlyPositiveException(maxIter);
        }
        maxIterationCount = maxIter;
    }

    /**
     * Check if the optimization algorithm has converged considering the
     * last two points.
     * This method may be called several time from the same algorithm
     * iteration with different points. This can be detected by checking the
     * iteration number at each call if needed. Each time this method is
     * called, the previous and current point correspond to points with the
     * same role at each iteration, so they can be compared. As an example,
     * simplex-based algorithms call this method for all points of the simplex,
     * not only for the best or worst ones.
     *
     * @param iteration Index of current iteration
     * @param previous Best point in the previous iteration.
     * @param current Best point in the current iteration.
     * @return {@code true} if the algorithm has converged.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean converged(final int iteration,
                             final PointValuePair previous,
                             final PointValuePair current) {
        if (maxIterationCount != ITERATION_CHECK_DISABLED && iteration >= maxIterationCount) {
            return true;
        }

        final double p = previous.getValue();
        final double c = current.getValue();
        final double difference = FastMath.abs(p - c);
        final double size = FastMath.max(FastMath.abs(p), FastMath.abs(c));
        return difference <= size * getRelativeThreshold() ||
            difference <= getAbsoluteThreshold();
    }
}