org.cpsolver.exam.criteria.additional

## Class DistanceToStronglyPreferredRoom

- java.lang.Object
- - org.cpsolver.ifs.criteria.AbstractCriterion<Exam,ExamPlacement>
  - - org.cpsolver.exam.criteria.ExamCriterion
    - - org.cpsolver.exam.criteria.additional.DistanceToStronglyPreferredRoom

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    CanHoldContext, HasAssignmentContext<Exam,ExamPlacement,AbstractCriterion.ValueContext>, Criterion<Exam,ExamPlacement>, ExtendedInfoProvider<Exam,ExamPlacement>, InfoProvider<Exam,ExamPlacement>, ModelListener<Exam,ExamPlacement>

      public class DistanceToStronglyPreferredRoom
      extends ExamCriterion

  Experimental criterion measuring average distance (in meters) to the strongly preferred room (or rooms) of the examination. The idea is to prefer rooms that are close to the strongly preference room (if there is a strongly preferred room but it is not available).
  A weight of the average distance between the assigned room(s) and the strongly preferred room or rooms can be set using Exams.DistanceToStronglyPreferredRoomWeight property.
  To enable this criterion add this class name to Exams.AdditionalCriteria parameter. For instance:
  Exams.AdditionalCriteria=org.cpsolver.exam.criteria.additional.DistanceToStronglyPreferredRoom
  Version:
    ExamTT 1.3 (Examination Timetabling)
    Copyright (C) 2008 - 2014 Tomáš Müller
    muller@unitime.org
    http://muller.unitime.org
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.cpsolver.ifs.criteria.AbstractCriterion

      `AbstractCriterion.ValueContext, AbstractCriterion.ValueUpdateType`

  - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class org.cpsolver.ifs.criteria.AbstractCriterion

      `iBest, iDebug, iWeight, sDoubleFormat, sPercentFormat`

    - ### Fields inherited from interface org.cpsolver.ifs.assignment.context.CanHoldContext

      `sMaxSize`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `DistanceToStronglyPreferredRoom()`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `double[]` | `getBounds(Assignment<Exam,ExamPlacement> assignment)` Bounds (minimum and maximum) estimate for the value
    `void` | `getInfo(Assignment<Exam,ExamPlacement> assignment, Map<String,String> info)` Adds some information into the table with information about the solution
    `double` | `getValue(Assignment<Exam,ExamPlacement> assignment, ExamPlacement value, Set<ExamPlacement> conflicts)` Value of a proposed assignment (including hard conflicts)
    `double` | `getWeightDefault(DataProperties config)` Defines default weight (when `AbstractCriterion.getWeightName()` parameter is not present in the criterion).
    `String` | `getWeightName()` Defines weight name (to be used to get the criterion weight from the configuration).
    `String` | `getXmlWeightName()` Name of the weight parameter in the parameters section of the examination XML file.
    `String` | `toString(Assignment<Exam,ExamPlacement> assignment)` Simple text representation of the criterion and its value.

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.cpsolver.exam.criteria.ExamCriterion

      `getBounds, getPeriodValue, getRoomValue, getXmlParameters, isPeriodCriterion, isRoomCriterion, setWeight, setXmlParameters`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.cpsolver.ifs.criteria.AbstractCriterion

      `afterAssigned, afterUnassigned, beforeAssigned, beforeUnassigned, bestRestored, bestSaved, clearCache, computeBounds, configure, constraintAdded, constraintRemoved, createAssignmentContext, getAbbreviation, getAssignmentContextReference, getBest, getBounds, getBounds, getContext, getContext, getExtendedInfo, getInfo, getModel, getName, getPerc, getPercentage, getPercRev, getValue, getValue, getValue, getValue, getValueUpdateType, getWeight, getWeightedBest, getWeightedValue, getWeightedValue, getWeightedValue, getWeightedValue, getWeightedValue, getWeightedValue, inc, inc, init, setAssignmentContextReference, setModel, setValueUpdateType, variableAdded, variableRemoved`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### DistanceToStronglyPreferredRoom

          public DistanceToStronglyPreferredRoom()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getWeightName

          public String getWeightName()

      Description copied from class: `AbstractCriterion`
      Defines weight name (to be used to get the criterion weight from the configuration).
      Overrides:
        `getWeightName` in class `ExamCriterion`
      Returns:
        name of the weight associated with this criterion

    - #### getXmlWeightName

          public String getXmlWeightName()

      Description copied from class: `ExamCriterion`
      Name of the weight parameter in the parameters section of the examination XML file.
      Overrides:
        `getXmlWeightName` in class `ExamCriterion`
      Returns:
        name of the weight parameter in the XML

    - #### getWeightDefault

          public double getWeightDefault(DataProperties config)

      Description copied from class: `AbstractCriterion`
      Defines default weight (when `AbstractCriterion.getWeightName()` parameter is not present in the criterion).
      Overrides:
        `getWeightDefault` in class `AbstractCriterion<Exam,ExamPlacement>`
      Parameters:
        `config` - solver configuration
      Returns:
        default criterion weight value

    - #### getValue

          public double getValue(Assignment<Exam,ExamPlacement> assignment,
                                 ExamPlacement value,
                                 Set<ExamPlacement> conflicts)

      Description copied from interface: `Criterion`
      Value of a proposed assignment (including hard conflicts)
      Parameters:
        `assignment` - current assignment
        `value` - given value
        `conflicts` - values conflicting with the given value
      Returns:
        change in this criterion value when assigned

    - #### toString

          public String toString(Assignment<Exam,ExamPlacement> assignment)

      Description copied from class: `AbstractCriterion`
      Simple text representation of the criterion and its value. E.g., X:x where X is the `AbstractCriterion.getAbbreviation()` and x is the current value `AbstractCriterion.getValue(Assignment)`.
      Specified by:
        `toString` in interface `Criterion<Exam,ExamPlacement>`
      Overrides:
        `toString` in class `AbstractCriterion<Exam,ExamPlacement>`
      Parameters:
        `assignment` - current assignment
      Returns:
        short string representation (e.g., PP:95% for period preference)

    - #### getBounds

          public double[] getBounds(Assignment<Exam,ExamPlacement> assignment)

      Description copied from interface: `Criterion`
      Bounds (minimum and maximum) estimate for the value
      Specified by:
        `getBounds` in interface `Criterion<Exam,ExamPlacement>`
      Overrides:
        `getBounds` in class `AbstractCriterion<Exam,ExamPlacement>`
      Parameters:
        `assignment` - current assignment
      Returns:
        minimum and maximum of the criterion value

    - #### getInfo

          public void getInfo(Assignment<Exam,ExamPlacement> assignment,
                              Map<String,String> info)

      Description copied from interface: `InfoProvider`
      Adds some information into the table with information about the solution
      Specified by:
        `getInfo` in interface `InfoProvider<Exam,ExamPlacement>`
      Overrides:
        `getInfo` in class `ExamCriterion`
      Parameters:
        `assignment` - current assignment
        `info` - info table