def get_docs_to_commit(self):
        try:
            spec = {'synced': False}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return list(cur)
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