Minimize vector using Fmincon
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I want to minimize a cost function using Fmincon. My goal is to minimize "obj" such that my model has the best fit to the experimental data.
C = importdata('Experiment6.txt')
S = C(:,1); % Column 84x1; experimental data
L = C(:,2); % Column 84x1; experimental data
F = C(:,3); % Column 84x1; experimental data
MEdp = 0; % Fixed
MEp = 196; % Fixed
E = ones(1,11); % Initial guess (Xo)
t = logspace(-4, 1,11); % Fixed vector
Eoptimized = fmincon(@objective, E, [],[])
function obj = objective(E, MEdp, t, MEp, F, L, S)
% Calculate model, returns 84x1 columns
for i = 1:length(t)
MEp = MEp + ( E(i) * t(i).^2 * F.^2) ./ ( 1 + ( t(i)^2 * F.^2) );
MEdp = MEdp + ( E(i) * t(i)* F) ./ ( 1 + ( t(i)^2 * F.^2) );
end
% Cost function
obj = sum ( ( ( (L - MEdp) -1 ).^2 ) + ( ( (S - MEp) -1 ) .^2 ) );
end
Objection returns a single value. I want to have E returned as an optimized vector. However, when I try to run the the code it states that it does not have enough input arguments.
% Without this code the function works propely:
Eoptimized = fmincon(@objective, E, [],[])
The following error message appears:
Not enough input arguments.
Error in DiscreteSpectrum>objective(line 264)
for i = 1:length(t)
Error in fmincon (line 552)
initVals.f = feval(funfcn{3},X,varargin{:});
Error in DiscreteSpectrum (line 244)
Eoptimized = fmincon(@objective, E, [], []);
Caused by:
Failure in initial objective function evaluation. FMINCON cannot continue.
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Alan Weiss
on 8 Jun 2020
I think that you called the objective function incorrectly. Try
Eoptimized = fmincon(@(E)objective(E, MEdp, t, MEp, F, L, S), E)
That said, I think you would do better to use the correct solver for this problem, namely lsqnonlin. You will find that lsqnonlin is faster and converges better than fmincon for this problem.
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