Questions tagged [mathematical-optimization]
Questions on the optimization functions of Mathematica such as FindMinimum/FindMaximum, Minimize/Maximize, NMinimize/NMaximize, etc.
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Evaluation stops without output or error when using Nested Maximize
I am trying to evaluate a max max min problem. The code is as follows:
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LinearOptimization thinks 0-1 ILP is an MLP
I try to solve this 0-1 integer linear program (maximize, thus the minus) with LinearOptimization:
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Finding minimum of a symbolic function [closed]
Why does Mathematica fails to find the minima of the two variable function with real coefficients. The function and my attempt is given below.
Input:
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NMinimize keeps returning Indeterminate for well defined function
I am attempting to numerically optimize a function of only 2 parameters k, \[Theta].
The function is well-defined and the constraints are simple. However, the ...
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Fitting parameter to match a dataset to another dataset
I am using a Module which calculates 3D-data based on 5 parameters and another input dataset.
I'd like to fit the result of this modul to another set of data.
Since my code became very long I will ...
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Why is the plot of low quality produced?
Stydying the modulus of continuity of $\sqrt x \log(x)$ in version 13.1
on Windows 10, I execute
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Maximize and NMaximize in comparison
If on one hand:
N@Maximize[{Sqrt[y^2 - x^2], x + y^2 == 0 && 0 < y < 2 && -y < x < y}, {x, y}]
{0.5, {x -> -0.5, y -> 0.707107}}
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How to solve this optimization problem?
Is there an effective method to solve the following optimization problem in Mathematica?
\begin{align*}
\min & \quad -t \\
\mathrm{s.t.} &\quad A \succeq 0,\,a=1
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I mean A is ...
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Maximizing a stochastic function with Convolution distribution
I have a stochastic profit function where I want to maximize with respect to a variable "a". I have written the code like this
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Saving results of Do Loop in .csv
I am very inexperienced with Mathematica and I am short of time so I need to move the results on py/r to plot and analyze
I have done an optimization with NMaximize of this type:
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Can Minimize get multiple minima producing the same objective value?
Minimize[(x-1)^2(x-2)^2,x]
gives only the solution 1, and not 2 (the help does not seem to mention this issue)
In general, if I do not know how many minimizers I ...
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Incorrect result of Maximize
Maximize is a well done command of Mathematica. However, there are spots on the Sun too. Trying in version 13.1 on Windows 10
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TimeConstrained[] Not working
Is there a way to force the kernel to quit if some code runs for x seconds? Currently, I have:
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how i put condition to sure that values of outputs in FindRoot?
i want to put condition in this like x>0,0<y<1
FindRoot[{Exp[x - 2] == y, y^2 == x,x > 0 && 0 < y < 1}, {{x, 1}, {y, 1}}]
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Construction of many logical sentences
Consider the set:
c1 = {h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6};
How to build a list of all possible logical sentences based on the set 'c1' and logical ...
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Finding least upper bound line above a set of points using NMinimize
I have this set of points:
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Problem with NMinimize and NonlinearModelFit
I have data points of some experiment and system of ODE, that approximate this data.
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NonLinearModelFit Usage Help
I am using FindFit to fit a piecewise linear interpolant (vs. x) to data (vs. t) using a convolution. The FindFit portion of my notebook is attached below. The fit appears to be reasonable despite ...
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Can Mathematica's Minimize() function be called inside Python code using Python data?
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I would like to use the Wolfram Client Library for Python to invoke Mathematica's Minimize function directly from within Python, passing to it Python data structures.
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I have a Python ...
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How to calculate the distance in a specified direction of a point from a (complex) BooleanRegion?
As an example (but the size of the rectangles and the position of the point are within predetermined random ranges):
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Plot an integral with different parameters
I got an issue of plotting an integral with different parameters 'j',such as 'j' is from 0.1 to 0.9 , I want the final graph to include all the j constants and to be labeled too.
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Mathematica 11.2 freezes when initializing kernel connections
I am having this problem (Mathematica freezes when initializing kernel connection) since about one week:
I found the link
Mathematica 10.0.x freezes in Initializing kernels
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Minimising an expression in the form of an integral
Consider a quadratic $f(x)=ax^2+bx+c$ with unknown .What values of $a,b,c$ will minimise the integral $$ \int_0^1(f(x)-\frac{1}{1+x})^2?$$ How do I write in Mathematatica?Can Mathematica solve it ...
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How to simplify expression through variable substitution [closed]
I am trying to simplify a complicated expression through variable substitution and part of the expression looks like:
$2A_1^2+A_1B_2+2B_1^2-B_1A_2+2C_1^2+C_1D_2+2D_1^2-D_1C_2$
I want to substitute $...
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Set the MPC tracker arguments
I have an affine system $\dot x(t)=X(x(t))+u(t) Y(x(t))$ with one input $u$ and two outputs (corresponding to the state $x=(x_1,x_2)$ of the system) and I would like to start from ...
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NMaximize with constraints vs. explicit Lagrange multiplier method [closed]
Could you explain the reason why these two outputs are different?
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Export Semidefinite Program To MOSEK readible file
Mathematica supports using the MOSEK solver for semidefinite programs now. I have some code that generates the conditions for some SDP problem, which I want to solve using MOSEK. Problem is that it ...
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Minimizing 1D convex function without derivatives?
I have a function which is nicely behaved, but expensive to compute. What's the fastest way to get 2-3 digits of accuracy?
Using NMinimize is much slower calling <...
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Determining the number of steps it takes to reach the minimum of a function starting at some initial point
I think I understand the idea. I have my function, the global minimum of that function, the point I am going to start at, and the step size. Here is my code below:
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Mathematica can't find Minimum sum under integer constrains
I'm trying to verify a solution to a simple probability problem using Mathematica. Here's the problem:
A drawer contains red socks and black socks. When two socks are drawn at random, the probability ...
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Optimisation involving an extra variable
Mathematica is happy performing the following optimization:
Minimize[{x - Log[x], x > 0}, x]
(* {1, {x -> 1}} *)
and also this one involving an extra ...
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Thermodynamic Optimization: how can I optimize with an objective function containing ThermodynamicData[]?
In thermodynamics, there are a lot of optimization problems where the objective function containing thermodynamic property values, like "Enthalpy","Entropy", which is determined by ...
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Interior point method for unconstrained problems
I was recently working on applying the FindMinimum function to $f(x)=(x+1)(x-1)$, and chose the interior point method as the 'method', which yielded $x=0$. I would like to better understand how the ...
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Finding values of constants for which 1st and 2nd order derivatives of a function vanish
I'm trying to find critical values of some constants $v_c$ and $T_c$, for which holds the equality below:
$$\bigg(\frac{\partial P}{\partial v}\bigg)\biggr\rvert_{v=v_c,\; T=T_c}=0,\quad \bigg(\frac{\...
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How to write a condition for FindMinimum correctly
I would like that, when finding the minimum, the FindMinimum analyzes the variables (x and y) each time and finds q, depending on the current values of x and y. Can I somehow write this condition into ...
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Find Minimal covering sets for $n\times n\times n$ grid (covering means each grid point has a axis line in common with set)
Let $G_n$ be a $n\times n\times n$ lattice, so $G_n=$Join@@Join@@Array[{##}&,{10,10,10}].
Given a set of lattice points $U$, we say it 'covers' another set $V$ ...
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Faster minimization of $$\|I-x A B - x B A + x^2 A B A\|^2_F$$
Are there any tricks I can use to speed up minimization of the function below for positive definite matrices $A,B$ and scalar $x$?
$$f(x)=\|I-x A B - x B A + x^2 A B A\|^2_F$$
This is a bottleneck in ...
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Maximum number of routings for n points [closed]
I'm trying to formulate an equation to calculate the maximum number of routings possible for a given amount of points, with the following rules or restrictions:
A route must contain atleast one point
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How to find the equation of a curve which is not symmetric [closed]
I need to find the equation of f1(x) by these three points (5,4) (2,5 , 0) (0, 1,5). I think it is not a standart symetric parabola.
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Integer optimization problem with very many constraints
Let us consider an integer three-dimensional cube $\{0,1,\dots,100\}^3$.
A point $P$ with nonnegative integer coordinates is said to be a radar point
if all the distances (its number equals $101^3$) ...
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How to change the manipulation of the point Q to a Locator?
I want to control the point Q by a Locator not with Slider, how to make this work?
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find maximum don't work with me i don' know why? [closed]
i have log function like this and i want to find maximum for it
the log function like this
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How do we extract exact constraint function values from `FindMinimum`?
When we use optimization command such as e.g. FindMinimum, we minimize a function subject to the given constraints and seek to find the optimal solution where these constraints are satisfied. Now I ...
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General hyperparameter searching?
I typically use naive random or grid search to choose them, but I'd like to ask if there are built-in or paclet-based methods that can help perform more principled general hyperparameter searches?
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How to plot two BVPs in Mathematica [closed]
I have two BVPs as: $x^{\prime\prime}(t)+tx(t)-t^{3}-2=0$ and $x^{\prime\prime}(t)+x^{2}(t)-t^{4}-2=0$ and their BCs are $x(0)=0$ and $x(1)=1$. Now the function $x(t)=t^{2}$ is their common solution. ...
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How to make the Semidefinite Optimization method work?
I am trying to use Mathematicas Semidefinite Optimization problem for moment matching. The code is as follows:
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Optimizing combinations of 3D figures
For every complex number $a$ one can define a function $Q_a$ on $\mathbb{C}$ ;
$Q_a(b)=$IP[ar, ai, br, bi],
$a,b\in \mathbb{C},ar=Re(a),ai=Im(a),br=Re(b),bi=Im(b)$,
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Finding the maximum on a plot and adding dashed lines
I am trying to plot the effective potential of massive particles with the help of this Mathematica code:
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