Package org.uma.evolver.metaoptimizationproblem.evaluationbudgetstrategy

Interface EvaluationBudgetStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

FixedEvaluationsStrategy, RandomRangeEvaluationsStrategy

public interface EvaluationBudgetStrategy

Interface defining the contract for different evaluation budget strategies in meta-optimization problems. Implementations of this interface determine how the number of evaluations is determined for each problem during the optimization process.

Author:

Antonio J. Nebro

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getEvaluations(int problemIndex)	Retrieves the number of evaluations to be performed for a specific problem.
void	validate(int numberOfProblems)	Validates the configuration of the evaluation budget strategy against the number of problems.

Method Details

getEvaluations

int getEvaluations(int problemIndex)

Retrieves the number of evaluations to be performed for a specific problem. The implementation should handle the logic for determining the evaluation count, which could be fixed, random, or based on some other criterion.

Parameters:

problemIndex - the zero-based index of the problem in the problem list

Returns:

the number of evaluations to perform for the specified problem

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the problemIndex is invalid

validate

void validate(int numberOfProblems)

Validates the configuration of the evaluation budget strategy against the number of problems. Implementations should throw an IllegalArgumentException if the configuration is invalid for the given number of problems.

Parameters:

numberOfProblems - the total number of problems to be evaluated

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the strategy configuration is invalid for the given number of problems (e.g., insufficient evaluation counts provided)