tourr (version 0.5.5)

find_best_dir: Find the most promising direction to travel in.

Description

Starting from the current projection, pick tries random location and take a small step towards and away from each location. The most promising direction has the highest value of the index function.

Usage

find_best_dir(old, index, dist = 0.01, tries = 5)

Arguments

old

current projection

index

interestingness index function

dist

step size in radians, should be small

number

of random steps to take