Hi Luc,

Luc Maisonobe wrote:

> Jörg Schaible a écrit :
>> Hi Luc,
>> 
[snip]

>> we're definitely on the right track. After changing the loop in
>> TestProblem3 the tests run through. However, now I have two failing
>> tests:
> 
> The two tests are in fact the same test repeated. The first occurrence
> is in the deprecated package estimation which will be removed at some
> point in the future and the second test is in the new
> optimization.general package.
> 
> Could you change in the MinPackTest.java from either package the
> checkTheoreticalMinCost method to add a print statement as in the
> example below and send the result you get when running MinPackTest ?
> 
> 
> public boolean checkTheoreticalMinCost(double rms) {
>   double threshold = costAccuracy * (1.0 + theoreticalMinCost);
>   if (Math.abs(Math.sqrt(m) * rms - theoreticalMinCost) > threshold) {
>     System.out.println("rms = " + rms +
>                        ", m = " + m +
>                        ", sqrt(m)*rms = " +
>                        Math.abs(Math.sqrt(m) * rms) +
>                        ", threshold = " + threshold +
>                        ", delta = " +
>                        Math.abs(Math.sqrt(m) * rms -
>                                 theoreticalMinCost));
>      }
>      return Math.abs(Math.sqrt(m) * rms - theoreticalMinCost) <=
>             threshold;
>     }
> 
> I guess I simply put too tight thresholds in the tests and that
> numerical instability or different optimizations in JVMs may change the
> result and break the test. The previous print statement would allow me
> to compare the numerical values with what I get here and decide if the
> results are acceptable and the test threshold must be enlarged or if
> there is a real problem here.

rms = 65.50657291427613, 
m = 20, 
sqrt(m)*rms = 292.9543000187359, 
threshold = 2.93954306151134E-6, 
delta = 6.132398084446322E-6

Hope this helps,
Jörg


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