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(self,x):
        """
        Predicts the time cost of evaluating the function at x.
        """
        m, _, _, _ = self.cost_model.predict_withGradients(x)
        return np.exp(m)