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package com.analog.lyric.dimple.options;
import com.analog.lyric.dimple.solvers.core.STableFactorBase;
import com.analog.lyric.options.BooleanOptionKey;
import com.analog.lyric.options.IntegerOptionKey;
/**
* Defines options that are general to multiple solvers.
* <p>
* Solver-specific option classes should be defined as subclasses of this class.
* <p>
* @since 0.07
* @author Christopher Barber
*/
public class SolverOptions extends DimpleOptions
{
/**
* Specifies whether to enable use of multiple threads during solves.
*/
public final static BooleanOptionKey enableMultithreading =
new BooleanOptionKey(SolverOptions.class, "enableMultithreading", false);
/**
* Threshold size that determines whether to automatically generate a factor table during initialization.
* <p>
* This controls whether factor tables will be automatically computed at initialization time for
* discrete factors based on the expected number of entries in the table. Factor table creation can
* be expensive both in the memory it takes to store large tables and in the time that is needed to
* evaluate the factor function for every possible combination of arguments. This option provides a
* means to set a threshold for creation.
* <p>
* The expected size of the table is computed differently based on whether the factor is directed
* and the function is deterministic:
*
* <ul>
* <li>If the factor is not deterministic directed, then the expected size of the factor table
* is the sizes of all of the variable domains multiplied together.
* <li>If the factor is deterministic and directed the expected size, then the expected size is
* the sizes of just the input variable domains multipled together.
* </ul>
* <p>
* This will not prevent factor tables from being generated manually. Only applicable to discrete
* table factors (subclasses of {@link STableFactorBase}), and currently only useful when using the Gibbs
* solver.
* <p>
* The default value is the integer max value of 2<sup>31</sup> - 1.
* <p>
* @since 0.08
*/
public static final IntegerOptionKey maxAutomaticFactorTableSize =
new IntegerOptionKey(SolverOptions.class, "maxAutomaticFactorTableSize", Integer.MAX_VALUE);
}