IterationHistory#

class pyvbmc.vbmc.IterationHistory(keys: list)[source]#

This class is responsible for the VBMC iteration history.

Parameters:
keyslist

The keys that can be recorded with this object.

record(key: str, value: object, iteration: int)[source]#

Store a value for a key in a given iteration.

Parameters:
keystr

The key for which the value should be stored.

valueobject

The value which should be stored.

iterationint

The iteration for which the value should be stored, must be >= 0.

Raises:
ValueError

Raised if the value of the iteration is < 0.

ValueError

Raised if a key has not been specified on initialization of the object.

record_iteration(key_value: dict, iteration: int)[source]#

Convenience method to record multiple key-values for a given iteration.

Parameters:
key_valuedict

The keys and values that should be recorded. They keys must have been specified on initialization of the object.

iterationint

The iteration for which the value should be stored, must be >= 0.

Raises:
ValueError

Raised if the value of the iteration is < 0.

ValueError

Raised if a key has not been specified on initialization of the object