approximation_scheme.py

Base class used to define the interface for derivative approximation schemes.

class openmdao.approximation_schemes.approximation_scheme.ApproximationScheme

Bases: object

Base class used to define the interface for derivative approximation schemes.

Attributes:

_approx_groupslist

A list of approximation tuples ordered into groups of ‘of’s matching the same ‘wrt’.

_colored_approx_groups: list

A list containing info for all colored approximation groups.

_approx_groups_cached_under_csbool

Flag indicates whether approx_groups was generated under complex step from higher in the model hieararchy.

_wrt_metadict

A dict that maps wrt name to its fd/cs metadata.

_progress_outNone or file-like object

Attribute to output the progress of check_totals

_jac_scattertuple

Data needed to scatter values from results array to a total jacobian column.

_totals_directionsdict

If directional total derivatives are being computed, this will contain the direction keyed by mode (‘fwd’ or ‘rev’).

_totals_directional_modestr or None

If directional total derivatives are being computed, this will contain the top level mode (‘fwd’ or ‘rev’), else None.

__init__()

Initialize the ApproximationScheme.

add_approximation(wrt, system, kwargs)

Use this approximation scheme to approximate the derivative d(of)/d(wrt).

Parameters:

wrtstr

Name of wrt variable.

systemSystem

Containing System.

kwargsdict

Additional keyword arguments, to be interpreted by sub-classes.

compute_approximations(system, jac)

Execute the system to compute the approximate sub-Jacobians.

Parameters:

systemSystem

System on which the execution is run.

jacdict-like

Store the approximations in the given dict-like object.