FMINCON
Examples of Constrained Minimization using FMINCON


FMINCON is a function included in MATLAB's Optimization Toolbox which seeks the minimizer of a scalar function of multiple variables, within a region specified by linear constraints and bounds.

A related function built into MATLAB is fminsearch which minimizes a scalar function of several variables using the Nelder-Mead algorithm.

Usage:

x_opt = fmincon ( fun, x0, A, b, Aeq, beq, lb, ub )
where

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Related Data and Programs:

ASA047, a MATLAB library which minimizes a scalar function of several variables using the Nelder-Mead algorithm.

COMPASS_SEARCH, a MATLAB library which seeks the minimizer of a scalar function of several variables using compass search, a direct search algorithm that does not use derivatives.

ENTRUST, a MATLAB program which minimizes a scalar function of several variables using trust-region methods.

NELDER_MEAD, a MATLAB program which minimizes a scalar function of several variables using the Nelder-Mead algorithm, by Jeff Borggaard.

PRAXIS, a FORTRAN90 library which implements the principal axis method of Richard Brent for minimization of a function without the use of derivatives.

TEST_OPT, a MATLAB library which defines test problems requiring the minimization of a scalar function of several variables.

TOMS178, a MATLAB library which optimizes a scalar functional of multiple variables using the Hooke-Jeeves method.

Reference:

  1. Harald Niederreiter, Kevin McCurley,
    Optimization of functions by quasi-random search methods,
    Computing,
    Volume 22, Number 2, 1979, pages 119-123.

Examples and Tests:

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Last revised on 06 September 2010.