Re: maximization with array of constraints
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- Subject: [mg128230] Re: maximization with array of constraints
- From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:47:07 -0400 (EDT)
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On Sep 27, 12:14 am, Felipe <felipe.bengu... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
> It looks like the following:
>
> 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.
> 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.
>
> Thank you very much for your help
> Felipe
NMaximize[{myfunction[x,y], And@@Positive[mydata[[1]].{x,y}]}, {x,y}]