gov.sandia.cognition.math.matrix

Interface DifferentiableVectorFunction

All Superinterfaces:

DifferentiableEvaluator<Vector,Vector,Matrix>, Evaluator<Vector,Vector>, VectorFunction

All Known Subinterfaces:

VectorizableDifferentiableVectorFunction

All Known Implementing Classes:

DifferentiableGeneralizedLinearModel, ElementWiseDifferentiableVectorFunction, LinearVectorFunction, MultivariateDiscriminant, MultivariateDiscriminantWithBias

@CodeReview(reviewer="Jonathan McClain",
            date="2006-05-16",
            changesNeeded=false,
            comments="Added proper file header. Interface looks good.")
public interface DifferentiableVectorFunction
extends VectorFunction, DifferentiableEvaluator<Vector,Vector,Matrix>

A VectorFunction that can is also differentiable

Since:

1.0

Author:

Justin Basilico

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Matrix	differentiate(Vector input) Differentiate the VectorFunction at input and return the Jacobian

Methods inherited from interface gov.sandia.cognition.evaluator.Evaluator

evaluate

Method Detail

differentiate

Matrix differentiate(Vector input)

Differentiate the VectorFunction at input and return the Jacobian

Specified by:

differentiate in interface DifferentiableEvaluator<Vector,Vector,Matrix>

Parameters:

input - Vector input to the VectorFunction, about which to evaluate the VectorFunction

Returns:

Jacobian at input