DiscreteVariable

class DiscreteVariable

Bases: Variable

Represents a discrete variable.

Methods

__init__	Initializes a discrete variable with specified values and encoding method.
to_poly	Converts the variable to the Amplify SDK's polynomial representation.

Attributes

bounds	Returns the bounds of the variable.
encoding	Returns the encoding method for the variable.
name	Returns the name of the variable.
possible_values	Returns a list of possible values for a discrete variable, or a pair of boundary values for a continuous variable.
type	Returns the type of the variable.

__add__(other: Variable | Poly | float) → Poly

__eq__(other: object) → bool

Return self==value.

__hash__() → int

Return hash(self).

__init__(

values: list[float],

encoding: Literal[EncodingMethod.OneHot, EncodingMethod.DomainWall] = EncodingMethod.DomainWall,

) → None

Initializes a discrete variable with specified values and encoding method.

Parameters:

• values (list[float]) – The discrete values.

• encoding (Literal[EncodingMethod.OneHot, EncodingMethod.DomainWall], optional) – The encoding method. Defaults to EncodingMethod.DomainWall.

Raises:

• ValueError – If the values list is empty.

• ValueError – If the values list contains duplicates.

• ValueError – If the values list is not sorted.

• TypeError – If the encoding method is invalid.

__mul__(other: Variable | Poly | float) → Poly

__ne__(other: object) → bool

Return self!=value.

__neg__() → Poly

__pos__() → Poly

__pow__(other: int) → Poly

__radd__(other: Poly | float) → Poly

__repr__() → str

Return repr(self).

__rmul__(other: Poly | float) → Poly

__rsub__(other: Poly | float) → Poly

__str__() → str

Return str(self).

__sub__(other: Variable | Poly | float) → Poly

__truediv__(other: float) → Poly

to_poly() → Poly

Converts the variable to the Amplify SDK’s polynomial representation.

Returns:

The Amplify SDK’s polynomial representation of the variable.

Return type:

amplify.Poly

__dict__ = mappingproxy({'__module__': 'amplify_bbopt.variable', '__doc__': 'Represents a discrete variable.', '__init__': <function DiscreteVariable.__init__>, '__annotations__': {}})

__weakref__

list of weak references to the object (if defined)

property bounds: tuple[float | None, float | None] | None

Returns the bounds of the variable.

property encoding: _EncodingMethodBase

Returns the encoding method for the variable.

property name: str

Returns the name of the variable.

property possible_values: list[float | int] | tuple[float, float]

Returns a list of possible values for a discrete variable, or a pair of boundary values for a continuous variable.

Returns:

The possible values or bounds.

Return type:

list[float | int] | tuple[float, float]

property type: VariableType

Returns the type of the variable.