confirm
fun confirmBest(candidates: List<Solution>, evaluator: EvaluatorIfc, problemDefinition: ProblemDefinition, options: ConfirmationOptions): ConfirmationOutcome(source)
Ranks the candidates by penalized objective value, takes the top candidates per the options, re-evaluates their distinct input points in one CRN request (no caching), and returns the winner by confirmed penalized objective value.
Invalid candidates (failed members) are excluded from ranking when at least one valid candidate exists. When the finalists collapse to a single distinct input point, no evaluation is performed and the best candidate is returned as-is.
Parameters
candidates
the candidate solutions (typically the member bests), not empty
evaluator
the evaluator used for the confirmation request
problem
the problem the candidates belong to
options
the confirmation configuration