def __hash__(self):
        return hash(self.package)
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