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/**
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 * User: Jean-Guillaume Fages
 * Date: 26/10/12
 * Time: 14:03
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package org.chocosolver.solver.objective;

/**
 * Class which defines a policy to adopt for the optimization process
 *
 * @author Jean-Guillaume Fages
 * @since Oct. 2012
 */
public enum OptimizationPolicy {
    /**
     * Set the objective variable to its lowest value
     */
    BOTTOM_UP,
    /**
     * Set the objective variable to its highest value
     */
    TOP_DOWN,
    /**
     * Split the domain of the objective variable
     */
    DICHOTOMIC
}