pub_bandit.h

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/**@file   pub_bandit.h
 * @ingroup PublicBanditMethods
 * @brief  public methods for bandit algorithms
 * @author Gregor Hendel
 */

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#ifndef __SCIP_PUB_BANDIT_H__
#define __SCIP_PUB_BANDIT_H__

#include "scip/def.h"
#include "scip/pub_bandit_epsgreedy.h"
#include "scip/pub_bandit_exp3.h"
#include "scip/pub_bandit_ucb.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**@addtogroup PublicBanditMethods
 *
 * @{
 */

/** select the next action */
extern
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPbanditSelect(
   SCIP_BANDIT*          bandit,             /**< bandit algorithm data structure */
   int*                  action              /**< pointer to store the selected action */
   );

/** update the score of the selected action */
extern
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPbanditUpdate(
   SCIP_BANDIT*          bandit,             /**< bandit algorithm data structure */
   int                   action,             /**< index of action for which the score should be updated */
   SCIP_Real             score               /**< observed gain of the i'th action */
   );

/** return the name of this bandit virtual function table */
extern
const char* SCIPbanditvtableGetName(
   SCIP_BANDITVTABLE*    banditvtable        /**< virtual table for bandit algorithm */
   );

/** return the random number generator of a bandit algorithm */
extern
SCIP_RANDNUMGEN* SCIPbanditGetRandnumgen(
   SCIP_BANDIT*          bandit              /**< bandit algorithm data structure */
   );

/** return number of actions of this bandit algorithm */
extern
int SCIPbanditGetNActions(
   SCIP_BANDIT*          bandit              /**< bandit algorithm data structure */
   );

/* @} */


#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif