Package edu.cmu.tetrad.sem

Interface SemOptimizer

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable, TetradSerializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SemOptimizerEm, SemOptimizerPowell, SemOptimizerRegression, SemOptimizerRicf, SemOptimizerScattershot

public interface SemOptimizer
extends TetradSerializable

Interface for algorithm that optimize the fitting function of a SemIm model by adjusting its freeParameters in search of a global maximum.

Version:

$Id: $Id

Author:

josephramsey

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final long	serialVersionUID	Constant serialVersionUID=23L

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getNumRestarts()	getNumRestarts.
void	optimize(SemIm sem)	Optimizes the fitting function of a Sem by adjusting its parameter values.
void	setNumRestarts(int numRestarts)	setNumRestarts.

Field Details

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

Constant serialVersionUID=23L

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

optimize

void optimize(SemIm sem)

Optimizes the fitting function of a Sem by adjusting its parameter values.

Parameters:

sem - The unoptimized Sem (will be optimized).

getNumRestarts

int getNumRestarts()

getNumRestarts.

Returns:

a int

setNumRestarts

void setNumRestarts(int numRestarts)

setNumRestarts.

Parameters:

numRestarts - a int