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solvers

Determine default and valid solvers for problem

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Syntax

autosolver = solvers(prob)
[autosolver,validsolvers] = solvers(prob)

Description

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autosolver = solvers(prob) returns the default solver for prob.

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[autosolver,validsolvers] = solvers(prob) also returns a list of the valid solvers for prob.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Create an optimization problem with Rosenbrock's function as the objective (see Solve a Constrained Nonlinear Problem, Problem-Based).

x = optimvar("x",LowerBound=-3,UpperBound=3);
y = optimvar("y",LowerBound = 0,UpperBound=9);
obj = 100*(y - x^2)^2 + (1 - x)^2;
prob = optimproblem(Objective=obj);

Find the default and valid solvers for the problem.

[autosolver,validsolvers] = solvers(prob)
autosolver = 
"lsqnonlin"

validsolvers = 1x10 string
  Columns 1 through 5

    "lsqnonlin"    "lsqcurvefit"    "fmincon"    "ga"    "patternsearch"

  Columns 6 through 9

    "surrogateopt"    "particleswarm"    "simulannealbnd"    "gamultiobj"

  Column 10

    "paretosearch"

Solve the problem using the default solver.

x0.x = -2.1;
x0.y = 2.2;
[sol,fval] = solve(prob,x0)
Solving problem using lsqnonlin.

Local minimum possible.

lsqnonlin stopped because the final change in the sum of squares relative to 
its initial value is less than the value of the function tolerance.

sol = struct with fields:
    x: 1.0000
    y: 1.0000


fval = 4.9503e-16

Solve the problem using fmincon instead of the default lsqnonlin.

[sol,fval] = solve(prob,x0,Solver="fmincon")
Solving problem using fmincon.

Local minimum found that satisfies the constraints.

Optimization completed because the objective function is non-decreasing in 
feasible directions, to within the value of the optimality tolerance,
and constraints are satisfied to within the value of the constraint tolerance.

sol = struct with fields:
    x: 1.0000
    y: 1.0000


fval = 1.9355e-13

Input Arguments

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Optimization problem or equation problem, specified as an OptimizationProblem object or an EquationProblem object. Create an optimization problem by using optimproblem; create an equation problem by using eqnproblem.

Warning

The problem-based approach does not support complex values in an objective function, nonlinear equalities, or nonlinear inequalities. If a function calculation has a complex value, even as an intermediate value, the final result might be incorrect.

Example: prob = optimproblem; prob.Objective = obj; prob.Constraints.cons1 = cons1;

Example: prob = eqnproblem; prob.Equations = eqs;

Output Arguments

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Default solver for prob, returned as a string. The default solver is used by solve or prob2struct when you call these functions without passing the Solver name-value argument.

Valid solvers for prob, returned as a string vector. You can use any of the valid solvers for prob when you specify the Solver name-value argument in the call to solve or prob2struct.

The list of valid solvers depends on your toolbox licenses. For example, if you have a Global Optimization Toolbox license, the list of valid solvers includes ga, the genetic algorithm solver.

Version History

Introduced in R2022b

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