Optimize with handling an objective function as "Black Box"

Is there a way to optimize a costrained objective function without really knowing its expression? For example, say we have :
% main.m %
% starting point and costraints all previously defined
[Xopt,Fval] = fmincon(@obj,x0,A,B,Aeq,Beq,lb,ub,[],options);
% End of main.m %
% Objective Function obj.m %
function [F] = obj(X)
% Write Data into File for exe
fopen('X.dat','w');
dlmwrite('X.dat',X);
fclose('all');
% Run Black Box exe
system('BB.exe') % where the expression of the objective function is(unknown to us)
% Read Results from exe
F = importdata('Fval.dat')
% End of obj.m %
The above example does not work,but gives the general idea The code is also attached (Run main.m) with a very simple objective function.

 采纳的回答

The pattern you have there looks like it should work and the idea is fine.
Though I would probably recommend patternsearch over fmincon since you likely cannot guarantee that BB.exe returns smooth continuous values.
Also note that F has to be a scalar. So maybe at the end:
F = norm(F)

2 个评论

Is there any way to make it work with "fmincon"? I can't make it to work as explained above.

请先登录,再进行评论。

更多回答(0 个)

类别

帮助中心File Exchange 中查找有关 Surrogate Optimization 的更多信息

Community Treasure Hunt

Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!

Start Hunting!

Translated by