Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples
Nonlinear optimization problems often terminate at points in the
parameter space that are not satisfactory optima. This routine conducts an axial
search, stepping forward and backward along each parameter and computing the objective
function. This allows us to compute the tilt
and radius of curvature
or
roc
along that parameter axis.
axsearch
assumes that one is MINIMIZING the function fn
. While we believe
that it will work using the wrapper ufn
from this package with the 'maximize=TRUE'
setting, we believe it is much safer to write your own function that is to be minimized.
That is minimize (-1)*(function to be maximized). All discussion here is in
terms of minimization.
Axial search may find parameters with a function value lower than that at the
supposed minimum, i.e., lower than fmin
.
In this case axsearch
exits immediately with the new function value and
parameters. This can be used to restart an optimizer, as in the optimx wrapper.
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par |
A numeric vector of values of the optimization function parameters that are at a supposed minimum. |
fn |
The user objective function |
fmin |
The value of the objective function at the parameters |
lower |
A vector of lower bounds on the parameters. |
upper |
A vector of upper bounds on the parameters. |
bdmsk |
An indicator vector, having 1 for each parameter that is "free" or unconstrained, and 0 for any parameter that is fixed or MASKED for the duration of the optimization. Partly for historical reasons, we use the same array during the progress of optimization as an indicator that a parameter is at a lower bound (bdmsk element set to -3) or upper bound (-1). |
trace |
If trace>0, then local output is enabled. |
... |
Extra arguments for the user function. |
None.
A list with components:
bestfn |
The lowest (best) function value found (??maximize??) during the axial search, else the original fmin value. (This is actively set in that case.) |
par |
The vector of parameters at the best function value. |
details |
A data frame reporting the original parameters, the forward step and backward step function values, the size of the step taken for a particular parameter, the tilt and the roc (radius of curvature). Some elements will be NA if we find a lower function value during the axial search. |
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