/**
 * @file exponential_schedule.hpp
 * @author Zhihao Lou
 *
 * Exponential (geometric) cooling schedule used in SA.
 *
 * ensmallen is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the 3-clause BSD license.  You should have received a copy of
 * the 3-clause BSD license along with ensmallen.  If not, see
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause for more information.
 */
#ifndef ENSMALLEN_SA_EXPONENTIAL_SCHEDULE_HPP
#define ENSMALLEN_SA_EXPONENTIAL_SCHEDULE_HPP

namespace ens {

/**
 * The exponential cooling schedule cools the temperature T at every step
 * according to the equation
 *
 * \f[
 * T_{n+1} = (1-\lambda) T_{n}
 * \f]
 *
 * where \f$ 0<\lambda<1 \f$ is the cooling speed. The smaller \f$ \lambda \f$
 * is, the slower the cooling speed, and better the final result will be. Some
 * literature uses \f$ \alpha = (-1 \lambda) \f$ instead. In practice,
 * \f$ \alpha \f$ is very close to 1 and will be awkward to input (e.g.
 * alpha = 0.999999 vs lambda = 1e-6).
 */
class ExponentialSchedule
{
 public:
  /*
   * Construct the ExponentialSchedule with the given parameter.
   *
   * @param lambda Cooling speed.
   */
  ExponentialSchedule(const double lambda = 0.001) : lambda(lambda) { }

  /**
   * Returns the next temperature given current status.  The current system's
   * energy is not used in this calculation.
   *
   * @param currentTemperature Current temperature of system.
   * @param currentEnergy Current energy of system (not used).
   */
  template<typename ElemType>
  double NextTemperature(
      const double currentTemperature,
      const ElemType /* currentEnergy */)
  {
    return (1 - lambda) * currentTemperature;
  }

  //! Get the cooling speed, lambda.
  double Lambda() const { return lambda; }
  //! Modify the cooling speed, lambda.
  double& Lambda() { return lambda; }

 private:
  //! The cooling speed.
  double lambda;
};

} // namespace ens

#endif