gov.sns.tools.optimizer
Class Variable

java.lang.Object
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public class Variable

extends java.lang.Object

Variable represents a variable whose value is to be found for the optimal solution among other variables. A variable specifies a starting value, a lower limit and an upper limit. A variable is immutable and does not itself contain its present value assignment. Rather the value assignments are found in TrialPoint. This class provides the backward compatibility with the gov.sns.tools.optimization package.

See Also:

TrialPoint

Field Summary

protected double	lowerLimit
protected double	startValue
protected double	upperLimit

Constructor Summary

Variable(double aStartValue, double aLowerLimit, double anUpperLimit)
Creates a new instance of Variable

Method Summary

double	lowerLimit() Get the lower limit.
double	startValue() Get the starting value (i.e.
double	upperLimit() Get the upper limit.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

startValue

protected double startValue

lowerLimit

protected double lowerLimit

upperLimit

protected double upperLimit

Constructor Detail

Variable

public Variable(double aStartValue,
                double aLowerLimit,
                double anUpperLimit)

Creates a new instance of Variable

Method Detail

startValue

public double startValue()

Get the starting value (i.e. initial guess).

Returns:

the starting value.

lowerLimit

public double lowerLimit()

Get the lower limit.

Returns:

the lower limit.

upperLimit

public double upperLimit()

Get the upper limit.

Returns:

the upper limit.