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Re: how make function of solution by NDSolve depending on parameter?

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  • Subject: [mg75113] Re: [mg75096] how make function of solution by NDSolve depending on parameter?
  • From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:50:35 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200704170020.UAA08810@smc.vnet.net>

You could try something like this, though there is probably a better approach:

In[1]:=
soln[k_]:=NDSolve[{y'[t]\[Equal](k y[t]+Exp[-t])/(1+y[t]),y[0]\[Equal]1},
    y,{t,0,1}]

In[2]:=
why[t_,k_?NumberQ]:=y[t]/.soln[k][[1]]

In[3]:=
NMinimize[why[0.5,k],{k,0.1,1}]

Out[3]=
\!\({1.148823969616154`*^-13, {k \[Rule] \(-5.281988168180193`*^12\)}}\)

On 4/16/07, Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote:
> I have an initial-value problem that depends upon a parameter k.  I want
> to feed the result from NDSolve for it into a function of k and then
> operate upon that function, say to find a minimum with respect to k.
>
> As a toy example:
>
>    soln[k_]:=NDSolve[{y'[t] ==(k y[t]+Exp[-t])/(1+y[t]),
>                y[0]==1},y[t],{t,0,1}]
>
> I want to do something like this:
>
>    NMinimize[Evaluate[y[t] /. soln[k]] /. t -> 0.5, {k, 0.1, 1}]
>
> That generates errors about non-numerical values.  Yet I can get a
> result from, for example:
>
>   Table[Evaluate[y[t] /. soln[k]] /. t -> 0.5, {k, 0, 1}]
>
> So how can I create the function of k I want to feed into NMinimize?  I
> presume the issue is when NDSolve gets called, but I'm not sure how to
> resolve this issue.
>
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