com.cloudera.oryx.ml.param

Interface HyperParamValues<T>

Type Parameters:

T - hyperparameter value type (e.g. Integer)

public interface HyperParamValues<T>

Encapsulates a range or set of values for a hyperparameter, from which a subset can be selected.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getNumDistinctValues()
T	getRandomValue(org.apache.commons.math3.random.RandomDataGenerator rdg)
List<T>	getTrialValues(int num)

Method Detail

getTrialValues

List<T> getTrialValues(int num)

Parameters:

num - number of trial values of the hyperparameter to return

Returns:

a List of possible values to try, maybe fewer than num

getRandomValue

T getRandomValue(org.apache.commons.math3.random.RandomDataGenerator rdg)

Parameters:

rdg - random number generator to use

Returns:

a hyperparameter value chosen at random, according to some distribution, from the range

getNumDistinctValues

long getNumDistinctValues()

Returns:

the number of distinct values this range can take on, or Long.MAX_VALUE if effectively infinite