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Avoid problem with Minimize of a WSTP function?

Gijsbert Wiesenekker
Posted 9 years ago

Hi,

I have created a WSTP function ReturnEvalErrorP that takes a list of doubles as input and returns a double. I can call this function succesfully:

ReturnEvalErrorP[{0.1}]

and it returns a double. I want to minimize this function, so I defined a function:

Clear[f]; f[p1_] := ReturnEvalErrorP[{p1}]

and f[0.1] returns a double. Calling Minimize with this function however always fails with {$Failed, {p1 -> 0}}

    Minimize[f[p1], {p1}, Reals]

Any ideas? Gijsbert
POSTED BY: Gijsbert Wiesenekker
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Minimize is meant for symbolic computation. Use FindMinimum or NMinimize for numerical calculations.

You will also need to ensure that your function only evaluates with numerical arguments:

You can do this either with a wrapper function (as in the linked article) or by modifying the :Pattern: in the MathLink template.
POSTED BY: Szabolcs Horvát

FYI, You have to specify that the argument to f is a real number:

Clear[f]; f[p1_Real] := ReturnEvalErrorP[{p1}]

ReturnEvalErrorP runs parallel using OpenMPI. Feel free to contact me if you want to know how to launch and use OpenMPI from your WSTP function.

Regards, Gijsbert
POSTED BY: Gijsbert Wiesenekker

The tm definition of the function is as follows:

double return_eval_error_p P((double *p, long dp));

:Begin:
:Function:       return_eval_error_p
:Pattern:        ReturnEvalErrorP[p_List]
:Arguments:      {p}
:ArgumentTypes:  {RealList}
:ReturnType:     Real
:End:

:Evaluate: ReturnEvalErrorP::usage = "ReturnEvalErrorP[{}]"
POSTED BY: Gijsbert Wiesenekker
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