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OptimizationInND QuickStart Sample (VB.NET)

Illustrates the use of the Brent and Golden Section optimizer classes in the Extreme.Mathematics.Optimization namespace for one-dimensional optimization in Visual Basic.

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' The optimization classes reside in the
' Extreme.Mathematics.Optimization namespace.
Imports Extreme.Mathematics.Optimization
' Function delegates reside in the Extreme.Mathematics
' namespace.
Imports Extreme.Mathematics
' Vectors reside in the Extreme.Mathematics.LinearAlgebra
' namespace.
Imports Extreme.Mathematics.LinearAlgebra

Namespace Extreme.Mathematics.QuickStart.VB
    ' Illustrates unconstrained optimization in multiple dimensions
    ' using classes in the Extreme.Mathematics.Optimization 
    ' namespace of the Extreme Optimization Mathematics Library 
    ' for .NET.
    Module NewtonEquationSolver

        Sub Main()
            '
            ' Objective function
            '

            ' The objective function must be supplied as a
            ' MultivariateRealFunction delegate. This is a method 
            ' that takes one Vector argument and returns a real number.
            ' See the end of this sample for definitions of the methods 
            ' that are referenced here.
            Dim f As MultivariateRealFunction = _
                New MultivariateRealFunction(AddressOf fRosenbrock)

            ' The gradient of the objective function can be supplied either
            ' as a MultivariateVectorFunction delegate, or a
            ' MultivariateVectorFunction delegate. The former takes
            ' one vector argument and returns a vector. The latter
            ' takes a second vector argument, which is an existing
            ' vector that is used to return the result.
            Dim g As FastMultivariateVectorFunction = _
                New FastMultivariateVectorFunction(AddressOf gRosenbrock)

            ' The initial values are supplied as a vector:
            Dim initialGuess As GeneralVector = New GeneralVector(-1.2, 1)
            ' The actual solution is (1, 1).

            '
            ' Quasi-Newton methods: BFGS and DFP
            '

            ' For most purposes, the quasi-Newton methods give
            ' excellent results. There are two variations: DFP and
            ' BFGS. The latter gives slightly better results.

            ' Which method is used, is specified by a constructor
            ' parameter of type QuasiNewtonMethod:
            Dim bfgs As QuasiNewtonOptimizer = _
                New QuasiNewtonOptimizer(QuasiNewtonMethod.Bfgs)

            bfgs.InitialGuess = initialGuess
            bfgs.ExtremumType = ExtremumType.Minimum

            ' Set the ObjectiveFunction:
            bfgs.ObjectiveFunction = f
            ' Set either the GradientFunction or FastGradientFunction:
            bfgs.FastGradientFunction = g
            ' The FindExtremum method does all the hard work:
            bfgs.FindExtremum()

            Console.WriteLine("BFGS Method:")
            Console.WriteLine("  Solution: {0}", bfgs.Extremum)
            Console.WriteLine("  Estimated error: {0}", bfgs.EstimatedError)
            Console.WriteLine("  # iterations: {0}", bfgs.IterationsNeeded)
            ' Optimizers return the number of function evaluations
            ' and the number of gradient evaluations needed:
            Console.WriteLine("  # function evaluations: {0}", _
                bfgs.EvaluationsNeeded)
            Console.WriteLine("  # gradient evaluations: {0}", _
                bfgs.GradientEvaluationsNeeded)

            '
            ' Conjugate Gradient methods
            '

            ' Conjugate gradient methods exist in three variants:
            ' Fletcher-Reeves, Polak-Ribiere, and positive Polak-Ribiere.

            ' Which method is used, is specified by a constructor
            ' parameter of type ConjugateGradientMethod:
            Dim cg As ConjugateGradientOptimizer = _
                New ConjugateGradientOptimizer( _
                    ConjugateGradientMethod.PositivePolakRibiere)
            ' Everything else works as before:
            cg.ObjectiveFunction = f
            cg.FastGradientFunction = g
            cg.InitialGuess = initialGuess
            cg.FindExtremum()

            Console.WriteLine("Conjugate Gradient Method:")
            Console.WriteLine("  Solution: {0}", cg.Extremum)
            Console.WriteLine("  Estimated error: {0}", cg.EstimatedError)
            Console.WriteLine("  # iterations: {0}", cg.IterationsNeeded)
            Console.WriteLine("  # function evaluations: {0}", _
                cg.EvaluationsNeeded)
            Console.WriteLine("  # gradient evaluations: {0}", _
                cg.GradientEvaluationsNeeded)

            '
            ' Powell's method
            '

            ' Powell's method is a conjugate gradient method that
            ' does not require the derivative of the objective function.
            ' It is implemented by the PowellOptimizer class:
            Dim pw As PowellOptimizer = New PowellOptimizer
            pw.InitialGuess = initialGuess
            ' Powell's method does not use derivatives:
            pw.ObjectiveFunction = f
            pw.FindExtremum()

            Console.WriteLine("Powell's Method:")
            Console.WriteLine("  Solution: {0}", pw.Extremum)
            Console.WriteLine("  Estimated error: {0}", pw.EstimatedError)
            Console.WriteLine("  # iterations: {0}", pw.IterationsNeeded)
            Console.WriteLine("  # function evaluations: {0}", _
                pw.EvaluationsNeeded)
            Console.WriteLine("  # gradient evaluations: {0}", _
                pw.GradientEvaluationsNeeded)

            '
            ' Nelder-Mead method
            '

            ' Also called the downhill simplex method, the method of Nelder 
            ' and Mead is useful for functions that are not tractable 
            ' by other methods. For example, other methods
            ' may fail if the objective function is not continuous.
            ' Otherwise it is much slower than other methods.

            ' The method is implemented by the NelderMeadOptimizer class:
            Dim nm As NelderMeadOptimizer = New NelderMeadOptimizer

            ' The class has three special properties, that help determine
            ' the progress of the algorithm. These parameters have
            ' default values and need not be set explicitly.
            nm.ContractionFactor = 0.5
            nm.ExpansionFactor = 2
            nm.ReflectionFactor = -2

            ' Everything else is the same.
            nm.SolutionTest.Tolerance = 0.000000000000001
            nm.InitialGuess = initialGuess
            ' The method does not use derivatives:
            nm.ObjectiveFunction = f
            nm.FindExtremum()

            Console.WriteLine("Nelder-Mead Method:")
            Console.WriteLine("  Solution: {0}", nm.Extremum)
            Console.WriteLine("  Estimated error: {0}", nm.EstimatedError)
            Console.WriteLine("  # iterations: {0}", nm.IterationsNeeded)
            Console.WriteLine("  # function evaluations: {0}", _
                nm.EvaluationsNeeded)

            Console.Write("Press Enter key to exit...")
            Console.ReadLine()
        End Sub

        ' The famous Rosenbrock test function.
        Function fRosenbrock(ByVal x As Vector) As Double
            Dim p As Double = (1 - x(0))
            Dim q As Double = x(1) - x(0) * x(0)
            Return p * p + 105 * q * q
        End Function

        ' Gradient of the Rosenbrock test function.
        Function gRosenbrock(ByVal x As Vector, ByVal f As Vector) As Vector
            ' Always assume that the second argument may be null:
            If (f Is Nothing) Then
                f = New GeneralVector(2)
            End If
            Dim p As Double = (1 - x(0))
            Dim q As Double = x(1) - x(0) * x(0)
            f(0) = -2 * p - 420 * x(0) * q
            f(1) = 210 * q
            Return f
        End Function

    End Module

End Namespace
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