Creating optimization constraint with loop is too slow

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Emmanouil
Emmanouil 2020-6-30
评论： Alan Weiss 2023-1-25
I want to create optimization constraints using Problem-based Optimization in MATLAB.
I understand the vectorization is the proposed way to go as stated here https://www.mathworks.com/help/optim/ug/improve-formulation-or-solution.html
However, in many optimization problems, vectorization is not possible due to the problem nature, therefore loops are needed.
I have noticed that the loops involving optimization variables are too slow.
In the example below, a loop with 1000 iterations that includes a single optimization variable consumes around 7 seconds.
Is this the expected behaviour for generating optimization constraints over loops?
I understand that MATLAB is built on vectorization principles, however 7 seconds for a 1000 iteration loop is extremely slow.
% set
I = "i" + (1:1000)' ;
% positive continuous variable defined over set I
k = optimvar ( 'k' , I , 'LowerBound' , 0 ) ;
% Constraint with loop ~7s
tic
Constraint_test = optimconstr ( I ) ;
for i = 1 : length(I)
Constraint_test(i) = 2 * k(i) + 3 <= 10 ;
end
toc
% Constraint vectorized ~0.01s
tic
Constraint_test_vec = 2 * k + 3 <= 10 ;
toc

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Matt J
Matt J 2020-6-30
编辑：Matt J 2020-6-30
The problem-based framework is not built for speed. It's built to make setting up small problems easy. So, it's already questionable that you are using it for a problem with 1000 variables. In any case, you have chosen a strange indexing space for your optimvars. It would be better to do,
k = optimvar ( 'k' , [1000,1] , 'LowerBound' , 0 ) ;
tic;
Constraint_test =2*k+3<=10
toc %Elapsed time is 0.015064 seconds.
Even better, recognize that your constraint is equivalent to the simple upper bound k(i)<=3.5, and just do
k = optimvar ( 'k' , [1000,1] , 'LowerBound' , 0 ,'UpperBound',3.5) ;
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Alan Weiss
Alan Weiss 2023-1-25
Large scale problems can indeed be solved efficiently in the problem-based approach. See, for example, Plan Nuclear Fuel Disposal Using Multiobjective Optimization. I would not want to try to set up that problem using the solver-based approach.
There are several suggestions in the documentation for setting up problems efficiently. In particular, see Improve Problem-Based Organization and Performance. And using vectorized calls for creating objective and constraints is usually the most efficient, though the recent static analysis capabilities often do very well.
Alan Weiss
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