Package com.opttek.optquest

Class COptQuestExchangeableGroup

java.lang.Object

com.opttek.optquest.COptQuestExchangeableGroup

public class COptQuestExchangeableGroup
extends Object

COptQuestExchangeableGroup allows the user to create groups of variables that are identical under exchange. A common use case would be to have multiple identical machines in a factory. Putting different machines in the same location would have the same result. By putting them in an exchange group, OptQuest can avoid suggesting identical solutions.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
COptQuestExchangeableGroup()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	AddVariable(COptQuestVariable variable)	Add a variable to the ExchangeableGroup.
void	AddVariableGroup(COptQuestVariable[] variableGroup)	Add an array of variable to the ExchangeableGroup.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

COptQuestExchangeableGroup

public COptQuestExchangeableGroup()

Method Details

AddVariable

public void AddVariable(COptQuestVariable variable)
                 throws COptQuestException

Add a variable to the ExchangeableGroup. All of the variables added to the group will be considered identical if their value are identical. If this function is used, do not use AddVariableGroup it will throw an exception

Throws:

COptQuestException

AddVariableGroup

public void AddVariableGroup(COptQuestVariable[] variableGroup)
                      throws COptQuestException

Add an array of variable to the ExchangeableGroup. All of the variables added to the group will be considered identical if all of their values are the same. The primary use of this function is to add tuples of variables that when taken together are identical. If this funciton is used, do not use AddVariable, it will throw an exception. Additionally, all groups added, need to be the size. An exception will be thrown if the sizes don't match.

Throws:

COptQuestException