QMCSteepestDescent Class Reference

Steepest descent line search numerical optimization algorithm. More...

#include <QMCSteepestDescent.h>

Inheritance diagram for QMCSteepestDescent:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	QMCSteepestDescent (QMCObjectiveFunction *function, QMCLineSearchStepLengthSelectionAlgorithm *stepAlg, int maxSteps, double tol)
	Constructs and initializes an instance of this class.
Array1D< double >	optimize (Array1D< double > &initialGuess, QMCDerivativeProperties &dp, double a_diag_factor, int optStep)
	Optimize the function starting from the provided initial guess parameters.
Protected Member Functions
QMCObjectiveFunction *	getObjectiveFunction ()
	Gets the objective function for the calculation.
Protected Attributes
int	dim
vector< double >	f
vector< Array1D< double > >	x
vector< Array1D< double > >	gradient
vector< Array2D< double > >	inverseHessian
Private Member Functions
void	calculateHessian ()
	Calculates the search direction at x.

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Detailed Description

Steepest descent line search numerical optimization algorithm.

As is standard in the field, the optimization is a minimization.

Definition at line 23 of file QMCSteepestDescent.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QMCSteepestDescent::QMCSteepestDescent	(	QMCObjectiveFunction *	function,
		QMCLineSearchStepLengthSelectionAlgorithm *	stepAlg,
		int	maxSteps,
		double	tol
	)

Constructs and initializes an instance of this class.

Parameters:

	function	objective function to optimize.
	stepAlg	algorithm to use in determining the line search step length.
	maxSteps	maximum number of steps to be performed during the line search.
	tol	tolerance to converge the solution to. Calculation is converged when .

Definition at line 15 of file QMCSteepestDescent.cpp.

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Member Function Documentation

void QMCSteepestDescent::calculateHessian

(

)

[private, virtual]

Calculates the search direction at x.

x' = x + StepLength * SearchDirection. Where the search direction is the negative of the gradient.

Implements QMCLineSearch.

Definition at line 21 of file QMCSteepestDescent.cpp.

Array1D< double > QMCLineSearch::optimize	(	Array1D< double > &	initialGuess,
		QMCDerivativeProperties &	dp,
		double	,
		int
	)			[virtual, inherited]

Optimize the function starting from the provided initial guess parameters.

Parameters:

initialGuess

initial guess parameters for the optimization.

Returns:

optimized parameters.

Implements QMCOptimizationAlgorithm.

Definition at line 60 of file QMCLineSearch.cpp.

References QMCFlags::a_diag, Array2D< T >::determinant_and_inverse(), QMCLineSearch::dim, Array2D< T >::dim1(), Array1D< T >::dim1(), Array2D< T >::dim2(), Array2D< T >::eigenvaluesRS(), QMCLineSearch::epsilon, QMCObjectiveFunction::evaluate(), QMCLineSearch::f, QMCInput::flags, QMCLineSearch::getObjectiveFunction(), QMCDerivativeProperties::getParameterGradient(), QMCDerivativeProperties::getParameterHessian(), QMCDerivativeProperties::getParameterValue(), QMCObjectiveFunctionResult::getScore(), globalInput, QMCLineSearch::gradient, QMCLineSearch::inverseHessian, QMCLineSearch::maximumSteps, Array2D< T >::nonSymmetry(), QMCLineSearch::OF, QMCFlags::optimize_Psi_method, QMCInput::printAIParameters(), Array2D< T >::printArray2D(), QMCLineSearch::searchDirection(), Array2D< T >::setToIdentity(), QMCLineSearch::stepLength(), and QMCLineSearch::x.

QMCObjectiveFunction * QMCLineSearch::getObjectiveFunction

(

)

[protected, inherited]

Gets the objective function for the calculation.

Definition at line 272 of file QMCLineSearch.cpp.

References QMCLineSearch::OF.

Referenced by QMCLineSearch::optimize().

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Member Data Documentation

int QMCLineSearch::dim [protected, inherited]

Definition at line 62 of file QMCLineSearch.h.

Referenced by QMCBFGSQuasiNewtonLineSearch::calculateHessian(), QMCLineSearch::optimize(), QMCLineSearch::QMCLineSearch(), and QMCLineSearch::searchDirection().

vector<double> QMCLineSearch::f [protected, inherited]

Definition at line 63 of file QMCLineSearch.h.

Referenced by QMCLineSearch::optimize().

vector< Array1D<double> > QMCLineSearch::x [protected, inherited]

Definition at line 64 of file QMCLineSearch.h.

Referenced by QMCBFGSQuasiNewtonLineSearch::calculateHessian(), and QMCLineSearch::optimize().

vector< Array1D<double> > QMCLineSearch::gradient [protected, inherited]

Definition at line 65 of file QMCLineSearch.h.

Referenced by QMCBFGSQuasiNewtonLineSearch::calculateHessian(), QMCLineSearch::optimize(), and QMCLineSearch::searchDirection().

vector< Array2D<double> > QMCLineSearch::inverseHessian [protected, inherited]

Definition at line 66 of file QMCLineSearch.h.

Referenced by QMCBFGSQuasiNewtonLineSearch::calculateHessian(), QMCLineSearch::optimize(), and QMCLineSearch::searchDirection().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• QMCSteepestDescent.h
• QMCSteepestDescent.cpp