/*
* MultivariateFunction.java
*
* Copyright (c) 2002-2015 Alexei Drummond, Andrew Rambaut and Marc Suchard
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*/
package dr.math;
/**
* interface for a function of several variables
*
* @author Korbinian Strimmer
*/
public interface MultivariateFunction
{
/**
* compute function value
*
* @param argument function argument (vector)
*
* @return function value
*/
double evaluate(double[] argument);
/**
* get number of arguments
*
* @return number of arguments
*/
int getNumArguments();
/**
* get lower bound of argument n
*
* @param n argument number
*
* @return lower bound
*/
double getLowerBound(int n);
/**
* get upper bound of argument n
*
* @param n argument number
*
* @return upper bound
*/
double getUpperBound(int n);
}