Of course I did :-)
It is a way as well to share feedback on the influence of some flags; as
it has been said 'it is my understanding" ...
Paul
Le 2017-01-23 11:37, Paul Bignier a écrit :
> Hi Paul,
>
> As I'm sure you've read them, optim [1 [1]], neldermead [2 [2]] &
> numderivative [3 [3]] help pages provide you with all the flags you can
> customize.
> After that, it's all in the functions that you provide to compute the
> cost & its derivative.
>
> Best regards,
> Paul
>
> On 01/23/2017 09:41 AM, paul.carr...@free.fr wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I'm using 'optim' and 'NelderMead' in conjunction with my
>> finite element solver.
>>
>> A "good" optimization is a balance between accuracy and cpu time
>> … in other word I do not necessary need to be accurate at 1e-11
>> but requiring a lot of iterations where 1e-3 is enough with a lower
>> amount of loops.
>>
>> In my understanding:
>>
>> * With 'optim', I can modifiy
>>
>> * The step value h in numderivative (put at 1e-3 after previous
>> tests on analytical functions tests)
>> * The values of epsf (default value) and epsg (tested at 1e-3 and
>> 1e-5)
>>
>> * With "Neldermead", I can change:
>>
>> * Tolfunrelative (tested at default value for the moment)
>> * Tolxrelative (tested at default value for the moment)
>>
>> Am I right or is there another 'flags' I can play with?
>>
>> _NB_: so far, Nelder-Mead requires less iterations than 'optim'
>> with a single variable … I'm wondering how can I improve optim
>> use that is supposed to converge faster?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Paul
>>
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