linesearchbasedmethod.hpp

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 Copyright (C) 2006 Ferdinando Ametrano
 Copyright (C) 2009 Frédéric Degraeve
 
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/*! \file linesearchbasedmethod.hpp
    \brief Abstract optimization method class
*/
 
#ifndef quantlib_line_search_based_optimization_method_h
#define quantlib_line_search_based_optimization_method_h
 
#include <ql/math/optimization/method.hpp>
#include <ql/math/array.hpp>
#include <ql/shared_ptr.hpp>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
    class LineSearch;
 
    //! Line search based method
    class LineSearchBasedMethod : public OptimizationMethod {
      public:
        explicit LineSearchBasedMethod(
            ext::shared_ptr<LineSearch> lSearch = ext::shared_ptr<LineSearch>());
        ~LineSearchBasedMethod() override = default;
 
        EndCriteria::Type minimize(Problem& P, const EndCriteria& endCriteria) override;
 
      protected:
        //! computes the new search direction
        virtual Array getUpdatedDirection(const Problem &P,
                                          Real gold2,
                                          const Array& gradient) = 0;
        //! line search
        ext::shared_ptr<LineSearch> lineSearch_;
    };
 
}
 
#endif