ParametricRealFunction.java

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package org.apache.commons.math.optimization.fitting;

import org.apache.commons.math.FunctionEvaluationException;

/**
 * An interface representing a real function that depends on one independent
 * variable plus some extra parameters.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1073158 $ $Date: 2011-02-21 22:46:52 +0100 (lun. 21 févr. 2011) $
 */
public interface ParametricRealFunction {

    /**
     * Compute the value of the function.
     * @param x the point for which the function value should be computed
     * @param parameters function parameters
     * @return the value
     * @throws FunctionEvaluationException if the function evaluation fails
     */
    double value(double x, double[] parameters)
        throws FunctionEvaluationException;

    /**
     * Compute the gradient of the function with respect to its parameters.
     * @param x the point for which the function value should be computed
     * @param parameters function parameters
     * @return the value
     * @throws FunctionEvaluationException if the function evaluation fails
     */
    double[] gradient(double x, double[] parameters)
        throws FunctionEvaluationException;

}