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DDogleg Numerics is a high performance Java library for non-linear optimization, robust model fitting, polynomial root finding, sorting, and more.
/*
* Copyright (c) 2012-2013, Peter Abeles. All Rights Reserved.
*
* This file is part of DDogleg (http://ddogleg.org).
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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*
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package org.ddogleg.fitting.modelset;
import java.util.List;
/**
*
* Computes the distance a sample point is from the provided model.
*
*
*
* Example: If the model is a rigid body transformation then there are 6 model parameters,
* 3 for rotation and 3 for translation. The sample point is the initial location of a point
* in 3D space before the transform has been applied and the observed location after the transform
* has been applied.
*
* @author Peter Abeles
*/
public interface DistanceFromModel {
/**
* Sets the model parameters.
*
* @param model Model parameters.
*/
public void setModel(Model model);
/**
* Computes the distance the point is from the model.
*
* @param pt Point being evaluated. Not modified.
* @return Distance the point is from the model.
*/
public double computeDistance(Point pt);
/**
* Computes the distance a set of points is from the model and saves the results
* in the provided array.
*
* @param points Set of points which are to be evaluated.
* @param distance Where model distance is stored.
*/
public void computeDistance(List points, double distance[]);
}