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LinearConstraint Class

Class LinearConstraint represents a linear constraint for a constrained optimization problem.
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  CenterSpace.NMath.CoreConstraint
    CenterSpace.NMath.CoreLinearConstraint

Namespace: CenterSpace.NMath.Core
Assembly: NMath (in NMath.dll) Version: 7.4
Syntax
[SerializableAttribute]
public class LinearConstraint : Constraint, 
	IEquatable<LinearConstraint>

The LinearConstraint type exposes the following members.

Constructors
 NameDescription
Public methodLinearConstraint Constructs an empty constraint problem. Behavior of the constructed object is undefined.
Public methodLinearConstraint(LinearConstraint) Constructs a copy of the given LinearConstraint object.
Public methodLinearConstraint(DoubleVector, Double, ConstraintType) Constructs a LinearConstraint object from the given parameters.
Public methodLinearConstraint(ILinearConstraintCoefficients, Double, ConstraintType) Constructs a LinearConstraint object from the given parameters.
Public methodLinearConstraint(DoubleVector, Double, ConstraintType, Double) Constructs a LinearConstraint object from the given parameters.
Public methodLinearConstraint(ILinearConstraintCoefficients, Double, ConstraintType, Double) Constructs a LinearConstraint object from the given parameters.
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Properties
 NameDescription
Public propertyCoefficients Gets and sets the coefficients for the linear combination that is constrained.
Public propertyConstraintCoefficients Gets and sets the coefficients for the linear combination that is constrained.
Public propertyRightHandSide Gets and sets the right hand side, rhs, of the constraint expression c0*x0 + c1*x1 + ... + cn*xn >= (==) rhs
Public propertyTolerance Gets and sets the tolerance for determining whether or not this constraint is satisfied at a particular point. For example the equality constraint c(x) = 0 will be considered to be satisfied at a point x0 if |c(x0)| < Tolerance, and a inequality constraint c(x) >= 0 will be considered to be satisfied at a point x0 if c(x0) >= -tolerance_.
(Inherited from Constraint)
Public propertyType Gets and sets the type of the constraint, either equality or inequality.
(Inherited from Constraint)
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Methods
 NameDescription
Public methodClone Returns a deep copy of self.
(Overrides ConstraintClone)
Public methodEquals(LinearConstraint) Returns true if the given LinearConstraint is equal to self. Two constraints are equal if they have the same coefficients, right hand side, and are of the same type (equality or inequality).
Public methodEquals(Object) Returns true if the given LinearConstraint is equal to self. Two constraints are equal if they have the same coefficients, right hand side, and are of the same type (equality or inequality).
(Overrides ObjectEquals(Object))
Public methodEvaluateConstraintFunction(Double) Evaluates the constraint function at the given point.
(Inherited from Constraint)
Public methodEvaluateConstraintFunction(DoubleVector) Evaluates the constraint function at the given point.
(Overrides ConstraintEvaluateConstraintFunction(DoubleVector))
Public methodGetHashCode Returns the hash code for this object.
(Overrides ObjectGetHashCode)
Public methodGradient(DoubleVector) Evaluates the gradient of the constraint function and returns this value.
(Inherited from Constraint)
Public methodGradient(DoubleVector, DoubleVector) Evaluates the gradient of the constraint function and places in the given vector.
(Overrides ConstraintGradient(DoubleVector, DoubleVector))
Public methodIsSatisfied(DoubleVector) Determines if the constraint represented by this instance is satisfied at the given point.
(Inherited from Constraint)
Public methodIsSatisfied(DoubleVector, Double) Determines if the constraint represented by this instance is satisfied at the given point withing the given tolerance. The tolerance associated with this object, accessed with the Tolerance property, is ignored.
(Inherited from Constraint)
Public methodToString String representation of a linear constraint.
(Overrides ObjectToString)
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Operators
 NameDescription
Public operatorStatic memberEquality(LinearConstraint, LinearConstraint) Compares two LinearConstraint objects for equaltiy.
Public operatorStatic memberInequality(LinearConstraint, LinearConstraint) Compares two LinearConstraint objects for inequaltiy.
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Fields
 NameDescription
Protected fieldconstraintType_ The constraint type.
(Inherited from Constraint)
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Remarks
A linear constraint on a set of variables is a constraint upon a linear combination of those variables. The LinearConstraint class supports to two such constraints: equality constraints and lower bound constraints. That is, given variables x0, x1,..., xn and constants b, a0, a1,..., an two types of constraints may be formed
a0*x0 + a1*x1 + . . . + an*xn = b
and
a0*x0 + a1*x1 + . . . + an*xn >= b
Upper bound constraints are represented as negations of lower bound constraints.
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