org.licas.ai_solver.eval

Class EvaluatorDistributed

java.lang.Object

org.licas.ai_solver.eval.Evaluator

org.licas.ai_solver.eval.EvaluatorDistributed

Direct Known Subclasses:

LinkEvaluator

public abstract class EvaluatorDistributed
extends Evaluator

This class should be implemented by any evaluation framework, to mediate between the problem-solver and the services that are part of a distributed problem solving process.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.licas.ai_solver.eval.Evaluator

lastTestResult, result, testResults, valueCompare

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EvaluatorDistributed() Create a new instance of EvaluatorDistributed

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	evaluateSolutions(TestSpec testSpec, ProblemMediator probMediator) Run a set of tests based on the test specification.

Methods inherited from class org.licas.ai_solver.eval.Evaluator

createFunctionMetric, getAllTestResults, getResult, getTestResult, initialiseMediator, isBetter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EvaluatorDistributed

public EvaluatorDistributed()

Create a new instance of EvaluatorDistributed

Method Detail

evaluateSolutions

public abstract boolean evaluateSolutions(TestSpec testSpec,
                                          ProblemMediator probMediator)
                                   throws java.lang.Exception

Run a set of tests based on the test specification.

Parameters:

testSpec - the specification describing the tests to run.

probMediator - the model of the problem with all required elements.

Returns:

true if the current test results are better than the previous set.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.