Re: Black box optimization
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- Subject: [mg126358] Re: Black box optimization
- From: "McHale, Paul" <Paul.McHale at excelitas.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 22:22:47 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
I found an answer to the question.
If you have a generic function that returns an error magnitude driving by parameter when calling...
f[x_]:=Module[{error},
-- Some data computation --;
error= -- Some error generator function --;
error
]
NMinimize[] will use derivatives to find the minimum. This is great unless you have numeric data and algorithms. To motivate numerical methods:
NMinimize[fm[x], x]
Switch the definition to:
f[x_?NumericQ]:=Module[{error},
-- Some data computation --;
error= -- Some error generator function --;
error
]
This will force use of numerical algorithms. There may be a better way, but this one works very well. I'm not sure why NMinimize[] doesn't seem to detect this correctly without the NumericQ addition.
Thanks,
Paul
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-----Original Message-----
From: McHale, Paul
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:24 AM
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg126358] Black box optimization
Is there any black box optimization of user defined non-polynomial functions in Mathematica? I.e.
I want to minimize fm[x] between 0.010 and 0.060. The goal is to fit the data with mx+b. This requires two points. The first point in the data has to be zero or first element shown below. The other single point must allow a fit with minimum error between the original data points and the new data points generated from an mx+b approximation.
fm[mPt_]:=Module[{mMinFit,mFit,mError,x,InData},
InData={{0.`,0.3457378`},{0.005005030108147661`,0.5947282`},{0.010167934319260488`,1.110245`},{0.015746789471210974`,1.753068`},{0.019877754878728275`,2.26061`},{0.025058168807019193`,2.891833`},{0.029851036834650214`,3.470055`},{0.03486106617079409`,4.088596`},{0.04009652061250109`,4.721034`},{0.04501992441075972`,5.31037`},{0.049993105670535644`,5.912859`},{0.054948450286312706`,6.513352`},{0.06007028590992394`,7.144364`}};
(* Use mMinFit to select Y value for selected point *) mMinFit=Fit[Select[InData, #[[1]] > 0.01&],{1,x},x];
(* Generate fit between new fit between first point and new test point *) mFit=Fit[{First@InData,{mPt,mMinFit /. x->mPt}},{1,x},x];
(* subtract real data from points generated by new curve *) mError=Total@Table[Abs@(m[[2]]-mFit /. x ->m[[1]]),{m,InData}] ]
Calling fm[0.01] calculates the fit using {{0.`,0.3457378`},{0.01,InterpValue} as the two points mx+b must pass through. It then returns the Abs[] of the difference between the original points (InData) and the interpolated points based on original x values. This is intended to be the error function. Minimizing fm[x] should give the best possible choice of x to calibrate with.
I can always fall back to:
m=Table[{i,fm[i]},{i,0.010,0.060,0.00001}];
First@Sort[m,#1[[2]] < #2[[2]]&]
Out:= {0.04474,2.13522}
Here is a decent graph of the issue:
ListPlot[Table[fm[i], {i, 0.010, 0.060, 0.001}], Joined -> True]
I thought I found a better way in Mathematica before...
Paul McHale | Electrical Engineer, Energetics Systems | Excelitas Technologies Corp.
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