lineSearch.H

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Class
    Foam::lineSearch

Description
    Abstract base class for line search methods

SourceFiles
    lineSearch.C

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#ifndef lineSearch_H
#define lineSearch_H

#include "runTimeSelectionTables.H"
#include "IOdictionary.H"
#include "scalarField.H"
#include "stepUpdate.H"

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namespace Foam
{

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                          Class lineSearch Declaration
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class lineSearch
{
protected:

    // Protected data

        //- Subdict within updateMethod
        const dictionary dict_;

        //- IOdictionary under time/uniform for continuation
        IOdictionary lineSearchDict_;

        //- Directional derivative of the merit function
        scalar directionalDeriv_;

        //- Update direction
        scalarField direction_;

        //- Old merit value from this opt cycle
        scalar oldMeritValue_;

        //- New merit value from this opt cycle
        scalar newMeritValue_;

        //- Merit directional deriv from the previous opt cycle
        scalar prevMeritDeriv_;

        //- Correction multiplier at the first step of line search
        scalar initialStep_;

        //- Minimum allowed correction multiplier
        scalar minStep_;

        //- Correction multiplier
        scalar step_;

        //- Inner line search iteration
        label iter_;

        //- Maximum line search iterations
        label maxIters_;

        //- Whether to extrapolate the correction multiplier for
        //- this optimisation cycle based on the previous ones.
        //  Useful for non-quasi Newton methods
        bool extrapolateInitialStep_;

        //- Mechanism to update method if line search conditions are not set
        autoPtr<stepUpdate> stepUpdate_;


    // Protected Member Functions

        //- Optional coeffs dict
        const dictionary& coeffsDict();


private:

    // Private Member Functions

        //- No copy construct
        lineSearch(const lineSearch&) = delete;

        //- No copy assignment
        void operator=(const lineSearch&) = delete;


public:

    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("lineSearch");


    // Declare run-time constructor selection table

        declareRunTimeSelectionTable
        (
            autoPtr,
            lineSearch,
            dictionary,
            (
                const dictionary& dict,
                const Time& time
            ),
            (dict, time)
        );


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from components
        lineSearch(const dictionary& dict, const Time& time);

    // Selectors

        //- Return a reference to the selected turbulence model
        static autoPtr<lineSearch> New
        (
            const dictionary& dict,
            const Time& time
        );


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~lineSearch() = default;


    // Member Functions

       //- Set objective derivative
       virtual void setDeriv(const scalar deriv);

       //- Set direction
       void setDirection(const scalarField& direction);

       //- Set new objective value
       void setNewMeritValue(const scalar value);

       //- Set old objective value
       void setOldMeritValue(const scalar value);

       //- Reset step to initial value
       virtual void reset();

       //- Get max number of iterations
       label maxIters() const;

       //- Get current step
       scalar step() const;

       //- Return the correction of the design variables
       virtual bool converged() = 0;

       //- Update the line search step based on the specific line search
       //- strategy, e.g. bisection, quadratic fit, etc.
       virtual void updateStep() = 0;

       //- Update the step using the supplied value
       virtual void updateStep(const scalar newStep);


    // Member operators

       //- Increment iteration number and store merit value corresponding to
       //- the previous optimisation cycle
       virtual lineSearch& operator++();

       //- Postfix increment. Necessary for compilation
       virtual lineSearch& operator++(int);
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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