def connect(self): 
        try:
            self.connection = pymongo.Connection(self.host, self.port)
            self.db = self.connection[self.name]
        except AutoReconnect:
            raise DatabaseException("It's not possible connect to the database")
def _cost_gp_withGradients(self,x):
        """
        Predicts the time cost and its gradient of evaluating the function at x.
        """
        m, _, dmdx, _= self.cost_model.predict_withGradients(x)
        return np.exp(m), np.exp(m)*dmdx