net.sourceforge.jsl
Interface ScoringSearch

All Superinterfaces:

Search

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractScoringSearch

public interface ScoringSearch

extends Search

Interface for a scoring search on a graph. By adding scores to nodes more subtle search strategies like A* can be implemented.

Method Summary

double

score(SearchNode node) Calculates the score of the given node.

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.jsl.Search

search, search, setSeed

Method Detail

score

public double score(SearchNode node)

Calculates the score of the given node. The score indicates the preference for the expansion of a specidic node, the lower the score, the better.

Parameters:

node - the node to calculate the score for

Returns:

the score for the node in double precision