//
// File: PowellMultiDimensions.h
// Created by: Julien Dutheil
// Created on: Mon Nov 17 15:16:45 2003
//

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#ifndef POWELLMULTIDIMENSIONS_H__
#define POWELLMULTIDIMENSIONS_H__

#include "DirectionFunction.h"
#include "AbstractOptimizer.h"
#include "../VectorTools.h"

namespace bpp
{

/**
 * @brief Powell's multi-dimensions optimization algorithm for one parameter.
 *
 * A description of the algorithm can be found for example in:
 * <pre>
 * NUMERICAL RECIPES IN C: THE ART OF SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
 * (ISBN 0-521-43108-5)
 * </pre>
 */
class PowellMultiDimensions:
  public AbstractOptimizer
{
	public:
		class PMDStopCondition:
      public AbstractOptimizationStopCondition
		{
			public:
				PMDStopCondition(PowellMultiDimensions* pmd):
          AbstractOptimizationStopCondition(pmd) {}
				virtual ~PMDStopCondition() {}

        PMDStopCondition* clone() const { return new PMDStopCondition(*this); }
			
			public:
				bool isToleranceReached() const;
        double getCurrentTolerance() const;
		};
	
	friend class PMDStopCondition;
		
	protected:
		double fp_;
		double fret_;
		ParameterList pt_;
		VVdouble xi_;
		
		unsigned int ncom_;
		ParameterList pcom_, xicom_;
		DirectionFunction f1dim_;
		
	public:
		PowellMultiDimensions(Function* function);
		virtual ~PowellMultiDimensions() {}

    PowellMultiDimensions* clone() const { return new PowellMultiDimensions(*this); }
	
	public:		
		
		/**
		 * @name The Optimizer interface.
		 *
		 * @{
		 */		
		double optimize();
		/** @} */

		void doInit(const ParameterList & params);
		
    double doStep();	
	
};

} //end of namespace bpp.

#endif	//_POWELLMULTIDIMENSIONS_H_

