1 /* -*- mode: C++; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
3 * This file is a part of LEMON, a generic C++ optimization library.
5 * Copyright (C) 2003-2008
6 * Egervary Jeno Kombinatorikus Optimalizalasi Kutatocsoport
7 * (Egervary Research Group on Combinatorial Optimization, EGRES).
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19 #ifndef LEMON_TOLERANCE_H
20 #define LEMON_TOLERANCE_H
24 ///\brief A basic tool to handle the anomalies of calculation with
25 ///floating point numbers.
33 ///\brief A class to provide a basic way to
34 ///handle the comparison of numbers that are obtained
35 ///as a result of a probably inexact computation.
37 ///\ref Tolerance is a class to provide a basic way to
38 ///handle the comparison of numbers that are obtained
39 ///as a result of a probably inexact computation.
41 ///The general implementation is suitable only if the data type is exact,
42 ///like the integer types, otherwise a specialized version must be
43 ///implemented. These specialized classes like
44 ///Tolerance<double> may offer additional tuning parameters.
46 ///\sa Tolerance<float>
47 ///\sa Tolerance<double>
48 ///\sa Tolerance<long double>
57 ///The concept is that these bool functions return \c true only if
58 ///the related comparisons hold even if some numerical error appeared
59 ///during the computations.
63 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
64 static bool less(Value a,Value b) {return a<b;}
65 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
66 static bool different(Value a,Value b) {return a!=b;}
67 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
68 static bool positive(Value a) {return static_cast<Value>(0) < a;}
69 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
70 static bool negative(Value a) {return a < static_cast<Value>(0);}
71 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
72 static bool nonZero(Value a) {return a != static_cast<Value>(0);}
76 ///Returns the zero value.
77 static Value zero() {return static_cast<Value>(0);}
79 // static bool finite(Value a) {}
80 // static Value big() {}
81 // static Value negativeBig() {}
85 ///Float specialization of Tolerance.
87 ///Float specialization of Tolerance.
91 class Tolerance<float>
93 static float def_epsilon;
99 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance to the default value.
100 Tolerance() : _epsilon(def_epsilon) {}
101 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance to the given value.
102 Tolerance(float e) : _epsilon(e) {}
104 ///Returns the epsilon value.
105 Value epsilon() const {return _epsilon;}
106 ///Sets the epsilon value.
107 void epsilon(Value e) {_epsilon=e;}
109 ///Returns the default epsilon value.
110 static Value defaultEpsilon() {return def_epsilon;}
111 ///Sets the default epsilon value.
112 static void defaultEpsilon(Value e) {def_epsilon=e;}
115 ///See \ref lemon::Tolerance "Tolerance" for more details.
119 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
120 bool less(Value a,Value b) const {return a+_epsilon<b;}
121 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
122 bool different(Value a,Value b) const { return less(a,b)||less(b,a); }
123 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
124 bool positive(Value a) const { return _epsilon<a; }
125 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
126 bool negative(Value a) const { return -_epsilon>a; }
127 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
128 bool nonZero(Value a) const { return positive(a)||negative(a); }
133 static Value zero() {return 0;}
136 ///Double specialization of Tolerance.
138 ///Double specialization of Tolerance.
140 ///\relates Tolerance
142 class Tolerance<double>
144 static double def_epsilon;
148 typedef double Value;
150 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance to the default value.
151 Tolerance() : _epsilon(def_epsilon) {}
152 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance to the given value.
153 Tolerance(double e) : _epsilon(e) {}
155 ///Returns the epsilon value.
156 Value epsilon() const {return _epsilon;}
157 ///Sets the epsilon value.
158 void epsilon(Value e) {_epsilon=e;}
160 ///Returns the default epsilon value.
161 static Value defaultEpsilon() {return def_epsilon;}
162 ///Sets the default epsilon value.
163 static void defaultEpsilon(Value e) {def_epsilon=e;}
166 ///See \ref lemon::Tolerance "Tolerance" for more details.
170 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
171 bool less(Value a,Value b) const {return a+_epsilon<b;}
172 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
173 bool different(Value a,Value b) const { return less(a,b)||less(b,a); }
174 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
175 bool positive(Value a) const { return _epsilon<a; }
176 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
177 bool negative(Value a) const { return -_epsilon>a; }
178 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
179 bool nonZero(Value a) const { return positive(a)||negative(a); }
184 static Value zero() {return 0;}
187 ///Long double specialization of Tolerance.
189 ///Long double specialization of Tolerance.
191 ///\relates Tolerance
193 class Tolerance<long double>
195 static long double def_epsilon;
196 long double _epsilon;
199 typedef long double Value;
201 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance to the default value.
202 Tolerance() : _epsilon(def_epsilon) {}
203 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance to the given value.
204 Tolerance(long double e) : _epsilon(e) {}
206 ///Returns the epsilon value.
207 Value epsilon() const {return _epsilon;}
208 ///Sets the epsilon value.
209 void epsilon(Value e) {_epsilon=e;}
211 ///Returns the default epsilon value.
212 static Value defaultEpsilon() {return def_epsilon;}
213 ///Sets the default epsilon value.
214 static void defaultEpsilon(Value e) {def_epsilon=e;}
217 ///See \ref lemon::Tolerance "Tolerance" for more details.
221 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
222 bool less(Value a,Value b) const {return a+_epsilon<b;}
223 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
224 bool different(Value a,Value b) const { return less(a,b)||less(b,a); }
225 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
226 bool positive(Value a) const { return _epsilon<a; }
227 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
228 bool negative(Value a) const { return -_epsilon>a; }
229 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
230 bool nonZero(Value a) const { return positive(a)||negative(a); }
235 static Value zero() {return 0;}
242 #endif //LEMON_TOLERANCE_H