Optim.jl

Univariate and multivariate optimization in Julia.

Optim.jl is part of the JuliaNLSolvers family.

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Optimization

Optim.jl is a package for univariate and multivariate optimization of functions. A typical example of the usage of Optim.jl is

using Optim
rosenbrock(x) =  (1.0 - x[1])^2 + 100.0 * (x[2] - x[1]^2)^2
result = optimize(rosenbrock, zeros(2), BFGS())

This minimizes the Rosenbrock function

with a = 1, b = 100 and the initial values x=0, y=0. The minimum is at (a,a^2).

The above code gives the output

Results of Optimization Algorithm
 * Algorithm: BFGS
 * Starting Point: [0.0,0.0]
 * Minimizer: [0.9999999926033423,0.9999999852005353]
 * Minimum: 5.471433e-17
 * Iterations: 16

 * Convergence: true
   * |x - x'| ≤ 0.0e+00: false
     |x - x'| = 3.47e-07
   * |f(x) - f(x')| ≤ 0.0e+00 |f(x)|: false
     |f(x) - f(x')| = 1.20e+03 |f(x)|
   * |g(x)| ≤ 1.0e-08: true
     |g(x)| = 2.33e-09
   * Stopped by an increasing objective: false
   * Reached Maximum Number of Iterations: false
 * Objective Calls: 53
 * Gradient Calls: 53

To get information on the keywords used to construct method instances, use the Julia REPL help prompt (?)

help?> LBFGS
search: LBFGS

     LBFGS
    ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡

     Constructor
    =============

  LBFGS(; m::Integer = 10,
  alphaguess = LineSearches.InitialStatic(),
  linesearch = LineSearches.HagerZhang(),
  P=nothing,
  precondprep = (P, x) -> nothing,
  manifold = Flat(),
  scaleinvH0::Bool = true && (typeof(P) <: Void))

  LBFGS has two special keywords; the memory length m, and
  the scaleinvH0 flag. The memory length determines how many
  previous Hessian approximations to store. When scaleinvH0
  == true, then the initial guess in the two-loop recursion
  to approximate the inverse Hessian is the scaled identity,
  as can be found in Nocedal and Wright (2nd edition) (sec.
  7.2).

  In addition, LBFGS supports preconditioning via the P and
  precondprep keywords.

     Description
    =============

  The LBFGS method implements the limited-memory BFGS
  algorithm as described in Nocedal and Wright (sec. 7.2,
  2006) and original paper by Liu & Nocedal (1989). It is a
  quasi-Newton method that updates an approximation to the
  Hessian using past approximations as well as the gradient.

     References
    ============

    •    Wright, S. J. and J. Nocedal (2006), Numerical
        optimization, 2nd edition. Springer

    •    Liu, D. C. and Nocedal, J. (1989). "On the
        Limited Memory Method for Large Scale
        Optimization". Mathematical Programming B. 45
        (3): 503–528

Documentation

For more details and options, see the documentation

• STABLE — most recently tagged version of the documentation.
• LATEST — in-development version of the documentation.

Installation

The package is registered in METADATA.jl and can be installed with Pkg.add.

julia> Pkg.add("Optim")

Citation

If you use Optim.jl in your work, please cite the following.

@article{mogensen2018optim,
  author  = {Mogensen, Patrick Kofod and Riseth, Asbj{\o}rn Nilsen},
  title   = {Optim: A mathematical optimization package for {Julia}},
  journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
  year    = {2018},
  volume  = {3},
  number  = {24},
  pages   = {615},
  doi     = {10.21105/joss.00615}
}