Uses of Interface
org.jamesframework.core.problems.objectives.evaluations.Evaluation

Packages that use Evaluation

Package	Description
org.jamesframework.core.problems	High-level problem specification.
org.jamesframework.core.problems.objectives	Interfaces of objectives and produced evaluations.
org.jamesframework.core.problems.objectives.evaluations	Evaluation interface and predefined implementations.
org.jamesframework.core.search	High-level search templates.
org.jamesframework.core.search.cache	Caches used by searches for efficient move evaluation and validation.
org.jamesframework.core.search.listeners	Search listeners.

Uses of Evaluation in org.jamesframework.core.problems

Methods in org.jamesframework.core.problems that return Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default Evaluation	Problem.evaluate(Move<? super SolutionType> move, SolutionType curSolution, Evaluation curEvaluation) Evaluates a move that will be applied to the current solution of a local search (delta evaluation).
Evaluation	GenericProblem.evaluate(Move<? super SolutionType> move, SolutionType curSolution, Evaluation curEvaluation) Evaluate a move (delta evaluation) by taking into account both the evaluation of the modified solution and the penalizing constraints (if any).
Evaluation	Problem.evaluate(SolutionType solution) Evaluates a given solution.
Evaluation	GenericProblem.evaluate(SolutionType solution) Evaluates a solution by taking into account both the evaluation calculated by the objective function and the penalizing constraints (if any).

Methods in org.jamesframework.core.problems with parameters of type Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default Evaluation	Problem.evaluate(Move<? super SolutionType> move, SolutionType curSolution, Evaluation curEvaluation) Evaluates a move that will be applied to the current solution of a local search (delta evaluation).
Evaluation	GenericProblem.evaluate(Move<? super SolutionType> move, SolutionType curSolution, Evaluation curEvaluation) Evaluate a move (delta evaluation) by taking into account both the evaluation of the modified solution and the penalizing constraints (if any).

Uses of Evaluation in org.jamesframework.core.problems.objectives

Methods in org.jamesframework.core.problems.objectives that return Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default <ActualSolutionType extends SolutionType> Evaluation	Objective.evaluate(Move<? super ActualSolutionType> move, ActualSolutionType curSolution, Evaluation curEvaluation, DataType data) Evaluates a move that will be applied to the current solution of a local search (delta evaluation).
Evaluation	Objective.evaluate(SolutionType solution, DataType data) Evaluates a given solution using the given data.

Methods in org.jamesframework.core.problems.objectives with parameters of type Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default <ActualSolutionType extends SolutionType> Evaluation	Objective.evaluate(Move<? super ActualSolutionType> move, ActualSolutionType curSolution, Evaluation curEvaluation, DataType data) Evaluates a move that will be applied to the current solution of a local search (delta evaluation).

Uses of Evaluation in org.jamesframework.core.problems.objectives.evaluations

Classes in org.jamesframework.core.problems.objectives.evaluations that implement Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	PenalizedEvaluation A penalized evaluation consists of an original evaluation and a number of penalizing validations.
class	SimpleEvaluation A simple evaluation object that wraps a double value.

Methods in org.jamesframework.core.problems.objectives.evaluations that return Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Evaluation	PenalizedEvaluation.getEvaluation() Get the original unpenalized evaluation.

Constructors in org.jamesframework.core.problems.objectives.evaluations with parameters of type Evaluation

Constructor and Description
PenalizedEvaluation(Evaluation evaluation, boolean minimizing) Create a new penalized evaluation, given the original evaluation.

Uses of Evaluation in org.jamesframework.core.search

Methods in org.jamesframework.core.search that return Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Evaluation	NeighbourhoodSearch.evaluate(Move<? super SolutionType> move) Evaluates a move to be applied to the current solution.
Evaluation	Search.getBestSolutionEvaluation() Get the evaluation of the best solution found so far.
Evaluation	LocalSearch.getCurrentSolutionEvaluation() Get the evaluation of the current solution.

Methods in org.jamesframework.core.search with parameters of type Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected double	Search.computeDelta(Evaluation currentEvaluation, Evaluation previousEvaluation) Computes the amount of improvement of currentEvaluation over previousEvaluation, taking into account whether evaluations are being maximized or minimized.
void	LocalSearch.setCurrentSolution(SolutionType solution, Evaluation evaluation, Validation validation) Sets the current solution given that it has already been evaluated and validated.
protected boolean	Search.updateBestSolution(SolutionType newSolution, Evaluation newSolutionEvaluation, Validation newSolutionValidation) Checks whether a new best solution has been found and updates it accordingly, given that the solution has already been evaluated and validated.
protected boolean	LocalSearch.updateCurrentAndBestSolution(SolutionType solution, Evaluation evaluation, Validation validation) Update the current and best solution during search, given that the respective solution has already been evaluated and validated.
protected void	NeighbourhoodSearch.updateCurrentSolution(SolutionType solution, Evaluation evaluation, Validation validation) When updating the current solution in a neighbourhood search, the evaluated move cache is cleared because it is no longer valid for the new current solution.
protected void	LocalSearch.updateCurrentSolution(SolutionType solution, Evaluation evaluation, Validation validation) Update the current solution during search, given that it has already been evaluated and validated.

Uses of Evaluation in org.jamesframework.core.search.cache

Methods in org.jamesframework.core.search.cache that return Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Evaluation	SingleEvaluatedMoveCache.getCachedMoveEvaluation(Move<?> move) Retrieve a cached evaluation, if still available.
Evaluation	EvaluatedMoveCache.getCachedMoveEvaluation(Move<?> move) Retrieve the cached evaluation (see Problem.evaluate(Solution)) of the neighbouring solution which is obtained by applying the given move to the current solution, if available.

Methods in org.jamesframework.core.search.cache with parameters of type Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	SingleEvaluatedMoveCache.cacheMoveEvaluation(Move<?> move, Evaluation evaluation) Cache the given evaluation, discarding any previously cached evaluations.
void	EvaluatedMoveCache.cacheMoveEvaluation(Move<?> move, Evaluation evaluation) Request to cache the evaluation (see Problem.evaluate(Solution)) of the neighbouring solution which is obtained by applying the given move to the current solution.

Uses of Evaluation in org.jamesframework.core.search.listeners

Methods in org.jamesframework.core.search.listeners with parameters of type Evaluation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default void	SearchListener.newBestSolution(Search<? extends SolutionType> search, SolutionType newBestSolution, Evaluation newBestSolutionEvaluation, Validation newBestSolutionValidation) Fired when the search has found a new best solution.
default void	SearchListener.newCurrentSolution(LocalSearch<? extends SolutionType> search, SolutionType newCurrentSolution, Evaluation newCurrentSolutionEvaluation, Validation newCurrentSolutionValidation) Fired by local searches only, when a new current solution has been adopted.