3 * This file is a part of LEMON, a generic C++ optimization library
5 * Copyright (C) 2003-2006
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.
27 ///\todo It should be in a module like "Basic tools"
35 ///\brief A class to provide a basic way to
36 ///handle the comparison of numbers that are obtained
37 ///as a result of a probably inexact computation.
39 ///Tolerance is a class to provide a basic way to
40 ///handle the comparison of numbers that are obtained
41 ///as a result of a probably inexact computation.
43 ///This is an abstract class, it should be specialized for all numerical
44 ///data types. These specialized classes like \ref Tolerance\<double\>
45 ///may offer additional tuning parameters.
47 ///\sa Tolerance<float>
48 ///\sa Tolerance<double>
49 ///\sa Tolerance<long double>
51 ///\sa Tolerance<long long int>
52 ///\sa Tolerance<unsigned int>
53 ///\sa Tolerance<unsigned long long int>
62 ///The concept is that these bool functions return with \c true only if
63 ///the related comparisons hold even if some numerical error appeared
64 ///during the computations.
68 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
69 static bool less(Value a,Value b) {return false;}
70 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
71 static bool different(Value a,Value b) {return false;}
72 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
73 static bool positive(Value a) {return false;}
74 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
75 static bool negative(Value a) {return false;}
76 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
77 static bool nonZero(Value a) {return false;}
81 ///Returns the zero value.
82 static Value zero() {return T();}
84 // static bool finite(Value a) {}
85 // static Value big() {}
86 // static Value negativeBig() {}
90 ///Float specialization of \ref Tolerance.
92 ///Float specialization of \ref Tolerance.
96 class Tolerance<float>
98 static float def_epsilon;
104 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance to the default value.
105 Tolerance() : _epsilon(def_epsilon) {}
106 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance.
107 Tolerance(float e) : _epsilon(e) {}
109 ///Return the epsilon value.
110 Value epsilon() const {return _epsilon;}
111 ///Set the epsilon value.
112 void epsilon(Value e) {_epsilon=e;}
114 ///Return the default epsilon value.
115 static Value defaultEpsilon() {return def_epsilon;}
116 ///Set the default epsilon value.
117 static void defaultEpsilon(Value e) {def_epsilon=e;}
120 ///See class Tolerance for more details.
124 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
125 bool less(Value a,Value b) const {return a+_epsilon<b;}
126 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
127 bool different(Value a,Value b) const { return less(a,b)||less(b,a); }
128 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
129 bool positive(Value a) const { return _epsilon<a; }
130 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
131 bool negative(Value a) const { return -_epsilon>a; }
132 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
133 bool nonZero(Value a) const { return positive(a)||negative(a); };
138 static Value zero() {return 0;}
141 ///Double specialization of \ref Tolerance.
143 ///Double specialization of \ref Tolerance.
145 ///\relates Tolerance
147 class Tolerance<double>
149 static double def_epsilon;
153 typedef double Value;
155 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance to the default value.
156 Tolerance() : _epsilon(def_epsilon) {}
157 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance.
158 Tolerance(double e) : _epsilon(e) {}
160 ///Return the epsilon value.
161 Value epsilon() const {return _epsilon;}
162 ///Set the epsilon value.
163 void epsilon(Value e) {_epsilon=e;}
165 ///Return the default epsilon value.
166 static Value defaultEpsilon() {return def_epsilon;}
167 ///Set the default epsilon value.
168 static void defaultEpsilon(Value e) {def_epsilon=e;}
171 ///See class Tolerance for more details.
175 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
176 bool less(Value a,Value b) const {return a+_epsilon<b;}
177 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
178 bool different(Value a,Value b) const { return less(a,b)||less(b,a); }
179 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
180 bool positive(Value a) const { return _epsilon<a; }
181 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
182 bool negative(Value a) const { return -_epsilon>a; }
183 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
184 bool nonZero(Value a) const { return positive(a)||negative(a); };
189 static Value zero() {return 0;}
192 ///Long double specialization of \ref Tolerance.
194 ///Long double specialization of \ref Tolerance.
196 ///\relates Tolerance
198 class Tolerance<long double>
200 static long double def_epsilon;
201 long double _epsilon;
204 typedef long double Value;
206 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance to the default value.
207 Tolerance() : _epsilon(def_epsilon) {}
208 ///Constructor setting the epsilon tolerance.
209 Tolerance(long double e) : _epsilon(e) {}
211 ///Return the epsilon value.
212 Value epsilon() const {return _epsilon;}
213 ///Set the epsilon value.
214 void epsilon(Value e) {_epsilon=e;}
216 ///Return the default epsilon value.
217 static Value defaultEpsilon() {return def_epsilon;}
218 ///Set the default epsilon value.
219 static void defaultEpsilon(Value e) {def_epsilon=e;}
222 ///See class Tolerance for more details.
226 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
227 bool less(Value a,Value b) const {return a+_epsilon<b;}
228 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
229 bool different(Value a,Value b) const { return less(a,b)||less(b,a); }
230 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
231 bool positive(Value a) const { return _epsilon<a; }
232 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
233 bool negative(Value a) const { return -_epsilon>a; }
234 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
235 bool nonZero(Value a) const { return positive(a)||negative(a); };
240 static Value zero() {return 0;}
243 ///Integer specialization of \ref Tolerance.
245 ///Integer specialization of \ref Tolerance.
255 ///See \ref Tolerance for more details.
259 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
260 static bool less(Value a,Value b) { return a<b;}
261 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
262 static bool different(Value a,Value b) { return a!=b; }
263 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
264 static bool positive(Value a) { return 0<a; }
265 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
266 static bool negative(Value a) { return 0>a; }
267 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
268 static bool nonZero(Value a) { return a!=0; };
273 static Value zero() {return 0;}
276 ///Unsigned integer specialization of \ref Tolerance.
278 ///Unsigned integer specialization of \ref Tolerance.
281 class Tolerance<unsigned int>
285 typedef unsigned int Value;
288 ///See \ref Tolerance for more details.
292 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
293 static bool less(Value a,Value b) { return a<b;}
294 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
295 static bool different(Value a,Value b) { return a!=b; }
296 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
297 static bool positive(Value a) { return 0<a; }
298 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
299 static bool negative(Value) { return false; }
300 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
301 static bool nonZero(Value a) { return a!=0; };
306 static Value zero() {return 0;}
309 #if defined __GNUC__ && !defined __STRICT_ANSI__
311 ///Long long integer specialization of \ref Tolerance.
313 ///Long long integer specialization of \ref Tolerance.
314 ///\warning This class (more exactly, type <tt>long long</tt>)
315 ///is not ansi compatible.
318 class Tolerance<long long int>
322 typedef long long int Value;
325 ///See \ref Tolerance for more details.
329 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
330 static bool less(Value a,Value b) { return a<b;}
331 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
332 static bool different(Value a,Value b) { return a!=b; }
333 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
334 static bool positive(Value a) { return 0<a; }
335 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
336 static bool negative(Value a) { return 0>a; }
337 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
338 static bool nonZero(Value a) { return a!=0;};
343 static Value zero() {return 0;}
346 ///Unsigned long long integer specialization of \ref Tolerance.
348 ///Unsigned long long integer specialization of \ref Tolerance.
349 ///\warning This class (more exactly, type <tt>unsigned long long</tt>)
350 ///is not ansi compatible.
353 class Tolerance<unsigned long long int>
357 typedef unsigned long long int Value;
360 ///See \ref Tolerance for more details.
364 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely strictly less than \c b
365 static bool less(Value a,Value b) { return a<b;}
366 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely different from \c b
367 static bool different(Value a,Value b) { return a!=b; }
368 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely positive
369 static bool positive(Value a) { return 0<a; }
370 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely negative
371 static bool negative(Value) { return false; }
372 ///Returns \c true if \c a is \e surely non-zero
373 static bool nonZero(Value a) { return a!=0;};
378 static Value zero() {return 0;}
387 #endif //LEMON_TOLERANCE_H