sqpSolveMT ============================================== Purpose ---------------- Solves the nonlinear programming problem. Format ---------------- .. function:: out = sqpSolveMT(&fct, par1[, ...], [ctl]) :param &fct: pointer to a procedure that computes the function to be minimized. The first input to this procedure must be an instance of structure of type :class:`PV`. :type &fct: function pointer :param par1: an instance of structure of type :class:`PV`. The *par1* instance is passed to the user-provided procedure pointed to by *&fct*. *par1* is constructed using the :class:`PVpack` functions. :type par1: struct :param ...: Optional extra arguments. These arguments are passed untouched to the user-provided objective function, by :func:`sqpSolveMT`. :type ...: any :param ctl: Optional input. instance of an :class:`sqpSolveMTControl` structure. Normally an instance is initialized by calling :func:`sqpSolveMTControlCreate` and members of this instance can be set to other values by the user. For an instance named *ctl*, the members are: .. csv-table:: :widths: auto "ctl.A", "MxK matrix, linear equality constraint coefficients: *ctl.A \* p = ctl.B* where *p* is a vector of the parameters." "ctl.B", "Mx1 vector, linear equality constraint constants: *ctl.A \* p = ctl.B* where *p* is a vector of the parameters." "ctl.C", "MxK matrix, linear inequality constraint coefficients: *ctl.C * p >= ctl.D* where *p* is a vector of the parameters." "ctl.D", "Mx1 vector, linear inequality constraint constants: *ctl.C \* p >= ctl.D* where *p* is a vector of the parameters." "ctl.eqProc", "scalar, pointer to a procedure that computes the nonlinear equality constraints. When such a procedure has been provided, it has one input argument, a structure of type :class:`SQPdata`, and one output argument, a vector of computed equality constraints. For more details see Remarks below. Default = ``.``, i.e., no equality procedure." "ctl.weights", "vector, weights for objective function returning a vector. Default = 1." "ctl.ineqProc", "scalar, pointer to a procedure that computes the nonlinear inequality constraints. When such a procedure has been provided, it has one input argument, a structure of type :class:`SQPdata`, and one output argument, a vector of computed inequality constraints. For more details see Remarks below. Default = ``.``, i.e., no inequality procedure." "ctl.bounds", "1x2 or Kx2 matrix, bounds on parameters. If 1x2 all parameters have same bounds. Default = ``-1e256 1e256 .``" "ctl.covType", "scalar, if 0, no covariance matrix is computed, if 1 the ML covariance matrix is computed, if 2, QML covariance matrix, if 3 the cross-product of the Jacobian is used." "ctl.gradProc", "scalar, pointer to a procedure that computes the gradient of the function with respect to the parameters. Default = ``.``, i.e., no gradient procedure has been provided." "ctl.hessProc", "scalar, pointer to a procedure that computes the Hessian, i.e., the matrix of second order partial derivatives of the function with respect to the parameters. Default = ``.``, i.e., no Hessian procedure has been provided." "ctl.maxIters", "scalar, maximum number of iterations. Default = 1e+5." "ctl.dirTol", "scalar, convergence tolerance for gradient of estimated coefficients. Default = 1e-5. When this criterion has been satisfied :func:`sqpSolveMT` exits the iterations." "ctl.feasibleTest", "scalar, if nonzero, parameters are tested for feasibility before computing function in line search. If function is defined outside inequality boundaries, then this test can be turned off. Default = 1." "ctl.randRadius", "scalar, If zero, no random search is attempted. If nonzero, it is the radius of random search which is invoked whenever the usual line search fails. Default = .01." "ctl.output", "scalar, if nonzero, results are printed. Default = 0." "ctl.printIters", "scalar, if nonzero, prints iteration information. Default = 0." :type ctl: struct :return out: an instance of an :class:`sqpSolveMTout` structure. For an instance named *out*, the members are: .. list-table:: :widths: auto * - out.par - an instance of structure of type :class:`PV` containing the parameter estimates will be placed in the member matrix out.par." * - out.fct - scalar, function evaluated at *x*. * - out.lagr - an instance of a :class:`SQPLagrange` structure containing the Lagrangians for the constraints. The members are: :out.lagr.lineq: Mx1 vector, Lagrangians of linear equality constraints. :out.lagr.nlineq: Nx1 vector, Lagrangians of nonlinear equality constraints. :out.lagr.linineq: Px1 vector,Lagrangians of linear inequality constraints. :out.lagr.nlinineq: Qx1 vector,Lagrangians of nonlinear inequality constraints. :out.lagr.bounds: Kx2 matrix, Lagrangians of bounds. Whenever a constraint is active, its associated Lagrangian will be nonzero. For any constraint that is inactive throughout the iterations as well as at convergence, the corresponding Lagrangian matrix will be set to a scalar missing value. .. list-table:: :widths: auto * - out.retcode - return code: :0: normal convergence. :1: forced exit. :2: maximum number of iterations exceeded. :3: function calculation failed. :4: gradient calculation failed. :5: Hessian calculation failed. :6: line search failed. :7: error with constraints. :8: function complex. :rtype out: struct Remarks ------- There is one required user-provided procedure, the one computing the objective function to be minimized, and four other optional functions, one each for computing the equality constraints, the inequality constraints, the gradient of the objective function, and the Hessian of the objective function. All of these functions must take exactly the same input arguments. The first input argument is an instance of a structure of type :class:`PV`. On input to the call to :func:`sqpSolveMT`, this :class:`PV` structure contains starting values for the parameters. Both of the structures of type :class:`PV` are set up using the :class:`PVpack` procedures, :func:`pvPack`, :func:`pvPackm`, :func:`pvPacks`, and :func:`pvPacksm`. These procedures allow for setting up a parameter vector in a variety of ways. For example, we might have the following objective function for fitting a nonlinear curve to data: :: proc (1) = micherlitz(struct PV par1, y, x); local p0, e, s2, x, y; p0 = pvUnpack(par1, "parameters"); e = y - p0[1] - p0[2]*exp(-p0[3] * x); retp(e'*e); endp; In this example the dependent and independent variables are passed to the procedure as the second and third arguments to the procedure. The other optional procedures must take exactly the same arguments as the objective function. For example, to constrain the squared sum of the first two parameters to be greater than one in the above problem, provide the following procedure: :: proc (1) = ineqConst(struct PV par1, y, x); local p0; p0 = pvUnpack(p0, "parameters"); retp( (p0[2]+p0[1])^2 - 1); endp; The following is a complete example for estimating the parameters of the Micherlitz equation in data with bounds constraints on the parameters and where an optional gradient procedure has been provided: :: // Create data needed by 'Micherlitz' procedure y = { 3.183, 3.059, 2.871, 2.622, 2.541, 2.184, 2.110, 2.075, 2.018, 1.903, 1.770, 1.762, 1.550 }; x = seqa(1, 1, 13); // Declare control structure struct sqpSolveMTControl c0; // Initialize structure to default values c0 = sqpSolveMTControlCreate(); // Constrain parameters to be positive c0.bounds = 0~100; // Declare 'par1' to be a PV structure struct PV par1; // Initialize 'par1' par1 = pvCreate(); // Add 3x1 vector named 'parameters' to 'p1' par1 = pvPack(par1, .92|2.62|.114, "parameters"); // Declare 'out' to be an sqpsolvemt control structure // to hold the results from sqpsolvemt struct sqpSolveMTout out; // Estimate the model parameters out = sqpSolveMT(&Micherlitz, par1, y, x, c0); // Print returned parameter estimates print "parameter estimates "; print pvUnPack(out.par, "parameters"); proc Micherlitz(struct PV par1, y, x); local p0, e, s2; p0 = pvUnpack(par1, "parameters"); e = y - p0[1] - p0[2]*exp(-p0[3] * x); retp(e'*e); endp; Source ------ sqpsolvemt.src .. seealso:: Functions :func:`sqpSolveMTControlCreate`, :func:`sqpSolveMTlagrangeCreate`