LinearExpression
class LinearExpression(quadratic_program, coefficients)
Bases: qiskit.optimization.problems.quadratic_program_element.QuadraticProgramElement
Representation of a linear expression by its coefficients.
Creates a new linear expression.
The linear expression can be defined via an array, a list, a sparse matrix, or a dictionary that uses variable names or indices as keys and stores the values internally as a dok_matrix.
Parameters
- quadratic_program (
Any) – The parent QuadraticProgram. - coefficients (
Union[ndarray,spmatrix,List[float],Dict[Union[int,str],float]]) – The (sparse) representation of the coefficients.
Methods
evaluate
LinearExpression.evaluate(x)
Evaluate the linear expression for given variables.
Parameters
x (Union[ndarray, List, Dict[Union[int, str], float]]) – The values of the variables to be evaluated.
Return type
float
Returns
The value of the linear expression given the variable values.
evaluate_gradient
LinearExpression.evaluate_gradient(x)
Evaluate the gradient of the linear expression for given variables.
Parameters
x (Union[ndarray, List, Dict[Union[int, str], float]]) – The values of the variables to be evaluated.
Return type
ndarray
Returns
The value of the gradient of the linear expression given the variable values.
to_array
LinearExpression.to_array()
Returns the coefficients of the linear expression as array.
Return type
ndarray
Returns
An array with the coefficients corresponding to the linear expression.
to_dict
LinearExpression.to_dict(use_name=False)
Returns the coefficients of the linear expression as dictionary, either using variable names or indices as keys.
Parameters
use_name (bool) – Determines whether to use index or names to refer to variables.
Return type
Dict[Union[int, str], float]
Returns
An dictionary with the coefficients corresponding to the linear expression.
Attributes
coefficients
Returns the coefficients of the linear expression.
Return type
dok_matrix
Returns
The coefficients of the linear expression.
quadratic_program
Returns the parent QuadraticProgram.
Return type
Any
Returns
The parent QuadraticProgram.