Optimize Multidimensional Function Using surrogateopt, Problem-Based

This example shows how to minimize a multidimensional function using surrogate optimization in the problem-based approach. The function to minimize, multirosenbrock(x), appears at the end of this example. The multirosenbrock function has a single local minimum of 0 at the point [1,1,...,1]. The function is designed to be challenging for solvers to minimize.

Note: The code for the multirosenbrock helper function is provided at the end of this example. Make sure the code is included at the end of your script or in a file on the path.

Create a 4-D optimization variable x. The multirosenbrock function expects the variable to be a row vector, so specify x as a 4-element row vector.

x = optimvar("x",1,4);

The surrogateopt solver requires finite bounds on all problem variables. Specify lower bounds of –3 and upper bounds of 3. When you specify scalar bounds, they apply to all problem variables.

x.LowerBound = -3;
x.UpperBound = 3;

To use multirosenbrock as the objective function, convert the function to an optimization expression using fcn2optimexpr.

fun = fcn2optimexpr(@multirosenbrock,x);

Create an optimization problem with the objective function multirosenbrock.

prob = optimproblem("Objective",fun);

Solve the problem, specifying the surrogateopt solver.

rng default % For reproducibility
[sol,fval] = solve(prob,"Solver","surrogateopt")

Solving problem using surrogateopt.

surrogateopt stopped because it exceeded the function evaluation limit set by 
'options.MaxFunctionEvaluations'.

sol = struct with fields:
    x: [0.2895 0.0882 0.5829 0.3348]

fval = 
0.6831

options = optimoptions("surrogateopt","MaxFunctionEvaluations",1000);
[sol2,fval2] = solve(prob,sol,"Solver","surrogateopt","Options",options)

Solving problem using surrogateopt.

surrogateopt stopped because it exceeded the function evaluation limit set by 
'options.MaxFunctionEvaluations'.

sol2 = struct with fields:
    x: [1.0410 1.0844 0.8870 0.7865]

fval2 = 
0.0145

function F = multirosenbrock(x)
% This function is a multidimensional generalization of Rosenbrock's
% function. It operates in a vectorized manner, assuming that x is a matrix
% whose rows are the individuals.

% Copyright 2014 by The MathWorks, Inc.

N = size(x,2); % assumes x is a row vector or 2-D matrix
if mod(N,2) % if N is odd
    error('Input rows must have an even number of elements')
end

odds  = 1:2:N-1;
evens = 2:2:N;
F = zeros(size(x));
F(:,odds)  = 1-x(:,odds);
F(:,evens) = 10*(x(:,evens)-x(:,odds).^2);
F = sum(F.^2,2);
end

See Also

surrogateopt | fcn2optimexpr | solve

Related Topics

• Surrogate Optimization