Re: maximization with array of constraints
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- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:06:47 -0400 (EDT)
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Thank you very much for all your help, this was really helpful.
felipe
El jueves, 27 de septiembre de 2012 23:10:29 UTC-4, Dana DeLouis escribi=F3:
> > .. if mydata is an array with two columns and 100 rows, I would have 100 constraints, which are too many to enter manually.
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> Hi. If I understood your question correctly, here is one idea:
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> mydata=RandomInteger[{1,9},{10,2}]
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> {{7,8},{9,4},{5,7},{4,3},{2,2},{2,7},{8,5},{9,1},{6,5},{5,7}}
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> const = Thread[mydata.{x,y}>0]
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> 7 x+8 y>0,
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> 9 x+4 y>0,
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> 5 x+7 y>0,
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> 4 x+3 y>0,
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> 2 x+2 y>0,
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> 2 x+7 y>0,
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> 8 x+5 y>0,
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> 9 x+y>0,
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> 6 x+5 y>0,
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> 5 x+7 y>0
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> MyFunction[x_,y_]:=-3x^2-4y+3
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> NMaximize[{MyFunction[x,y],const}, {x,y} ]
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> {3.10884, {x->0.190508,y->-0.0544307} }
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> HTH :>)
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> Dana DeLouis
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> On Thursday, September 27, 2012 3:14:09 AM UTC-4, Felipe wrote:
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> > I am trying to maximize a function using NMaximize and I have a large list of constraints that I would like to write with a loop or as an array.
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> > NMaximize[{myfunction[x,y] , x*mydata[[1,row,1]] + y*mydata[[1,row,2]]>0 }]
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> > and I want the restriction to be valid for the numbers in each row of the "mydata" array. That is, if mydata is an array with two columns and 100 rows, I would have 100 constraints, which are too many to enter manually.
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> > Can I write a loop for the constraints inside NMaximize ? Do you have some suggestion on how to write this? I was not able to find it in earlier posts.
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> > Felipe