Re: FindMinimum numerical constraint functions
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- Subject: [mg110861] Re: FindMinimum numerical constraint functions
- From: "Stuart Nettleton" <Stuart.Nettleton at uts.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 20:34:21 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Daniel,
Looking deeper, I was perhaps too happy to see a solution. You have the
condition "/;VectorQ[vals, NumberQ]" in the constraint function using
"vals" instead of "vars". Is this still symbolic execution? If I add "&&
VectorQ[vars, NumberQ]" there is an execution error.
Stuart
On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:30:15 +1000, Stuart Nettleton
<Stuart.Nettleton at uts.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> I am pleased that FindMinimum is happy with constraint return values
> like {True, False, False} etc.
> This gives me a whole new perspective.
> Thanks once again for a magnificent insight!
> Best regards,
> Stuart
>
>> obj[vars_] := Sin[vars[[1]]]*Sin[2*vars[[2]]] /; VectorQ[vars, NumberQ]
>>
>> con[vars_List, vals_] :=
>> Thread[{vars[[1]]^2 + vars[[2]]^2, -vars[[1]], -vars[[2]]} <= vals]
>> /;
>> VectorQ[vals, NumberQ] && Length[vals]===3
>>
>> FindMinimum[{obj[vars], Thread[con[vars,{3,0,0}]]}, vars]
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