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package org.ddogleg.optimization;

/**
 * Interface for computing the gradient of a set of functions given a set of model parameters.
 * Before {@link #computeDerivative(Object, double[][])} is called, the model must be set using
 * {@link #setModel(double[])}.
 *
 * @author Peter Abeles
 */
public interface OptimizationDerivative
{
	/**
	 * Specifies the current model parameters around which the gradient is computed.
	 *
	 * @param model Model parameters.
	 */
	public void setModel( double[] model );

	/**
	 * 

	 * Computes the gradient for each function with respect to model parameters.  The
	 * derivative is a 2D array.  The first axis is for each function and the second
	 * for each model parameter:

	 * 

	 * derivative[i][j] = &partial; fi / &partial; pj
	 * 
	 *
	 * @param state State of the system being examined.
	 * @param gradient Gradient with respect to the current model parameters,
	 * @return true if successful or false if it failed.
	 */
	public boolean computeDerivative( State state, double[][] gradient );
}