Package edu.cmu.tetrad.sem

Class SemOptimizerPowell

java.lang.Object

edu.cmu.tetrad.sem.SemOptimizerPowell

All Implemented Interfaces:

SemOptimizer, TetradSerializable, Serializable

public class SemOptimizerPowell
extends Object
implements SemOptimizer

Optimizes a SEM using Powell's method from the Apache library.

Version:

$Id: $Id

Author:

Ricardo Silva, josephramsey

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SemOptimizerPowell()	Blank constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getNumRestarts()	getNumRestarts.
void	optimize(SemIm semIm)	Optimizes the fitting function of a Sem by adjusting its parameter values.
static SemOptimizerPowell	serializableInstance()	Generates a simple exemplar of this class to test serialization.
void	setNumRestarts(int numRestarts)	setNumRestarts.
String	toString()	toString.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

SemOptimizerPowell

public SemOptimizerPowell()

Blank constructor.

Method Details

serializableInstance

public static SemOptimizerPowell serializableInstance()

Generates a simple exemplar of this class to test serialization.

Returns:

a SemOptimizerPowell object

optimize

public void optimize(SemIm semIm)

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

Specified by:

optimize in interface SemOptimizer

Parameters:

semIm - The unoptimized Sem (will be optimized).

toString

public String toString()

toString.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a String object

getNumRestarts

public int getNumRestarts()

getNumRestarts.

Specified by:

getNumRestarts in interface SemOptimizer

Returns:

a int

setNumRestarts

public void setNumRestarts(int numRestarts)

setNumRestarts.

Specified by:

setNumRestarts in interface SemOptimizer

Parameters:

numRestarts - a int