com.itemanalysis.psychometrics.optimization

Class BOBYQAOptimizer

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.math3.optim.BaseOptimizer<PAIR>

org.apache.commons.math3.optim.BaseMultivariateOptimizer<org.apache.commons.math3.optim.PointValuePair>

org.apache.commons.math3.optim.nonlinear.scalar.MultivariateOptimizer

com.itemanalysis.psychometrics.optimization.BOBYQAOptimizer

public class BOBYQAOptimizer
extends org.apache.commons.math3.optim.nonlinear.scalar.MultivariateOptimizer

01/01/13: Code taken from Apache Commons Math 3.1 because it was scheduled for deprecation. This class is a translation of FORTRAN and not clean Java code. Therefore, it was scheduled for deprecation. Powell's BOBYQA algorithm. This implementation is translated and adapted from the Fortran version available here. See this paper for an introduction.
BOBYQA is particularly well suited for high dimensional problems where derivatives are not available. In most cases it outperforms the PowellOptimizer significantly. Stochastic algorithms like CMAESOptimizer succeed more often than BOBYQA, but are more expensive. BOBYQA could also be considered as a replacement of any derivative-based optimizer when the derivatives are approximated by finite differences.

Since:

3.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static double	DEFAULT_INITIAL_RADIUS Default value for initialTrustRegionRadius: 10.0 .
static double	DEFAULT_STOPPING_RADIUS Default value for stoppingTrustRegionRadius: 1.0E-8 .
static int	MINIMUM_PROBLEM_DIMENSION Minimum dimension of the problem: 2

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.math3.optim.BaseOptimizer

evaluations, iterations

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BOBYQAOptimizer(int numberOfInterpolationPoints)
BOBYQAOptimizer(int numberOfInterpolationPoints, double initialTrustRegionRadius, double stoppingTrustRegionRadius)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected org.apache.commons.math3.optim.PointValuePair	doOptimize()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.math3.optim.nonlinear.scalar.MultivariateOptimizer

computeObjectiveValue, getGoalType, optimize, parseOptimizationData

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.math3.optim.BaseMultivariateOptimizer

getLowerBound, getStartPoint, getUpperBound

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.math3.optim.BaseOptimizer

getConvergenceChecker, getEvaluations, getIterations, getMaxEvaluations, getMaxIterations, incrementEvaluationCount, incrementIterationCount, optimize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MINIMUM_PROBLEM_DIMENSION

public static final int MINIMUM_PROBLEM_DIMENSION

Minimum dimension of the problem: 2

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_INITIAL_RADIUS

public static final double DEFAULT_INITIAL_RADIUS

Default value for initialTrustRegionRadius: 10.0 .

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_STOPPING_RADIUS

public static final double DEFAULT_STOPPING_RADIUS

Default value for stoppingTrustRegionRadius: 1.0E-8 .

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

BOBYQAOptimizer

public BOBYQAOptimizer(int numberOfInterpolationPoints)

Parameters:

numberOfInterpolationPoints - Number of interpolation conditions. For a problem of dimension n, its value must be in the interval [n+2, (n+1)(n+2)/2]. Choices that exceed 2n+1 are not recommended.

BOBYQAOptimizer

public BOBYQAOptimizer(int numberOfInterpolationPoints,
                       double initialTrustRegionRadius,
                       double stoppingTrustRegionRadius)

Parameters:

numberOfInterpolationPoints - Number of interpolation conditions. For a problem of dimension n, its value must be in the interval [n+2, (n+1)(n+2)/2]. Choices that exceed 2n+1 are not recommended.

initialTrustRegionRadius - Initial trust region radius.

stoppingTrustRegionRadius - Stopping trust region radius.

Method Detail

doOptimize

protected org.apache.commons.math3.optim.PointValuePair doOptimize()

Specified by:

doOptimize in class org.apache.commons.math3.optim.BaseOptimizer<org.apache.commons.math3.optim.PointValuePair>