// Copyright (C) 2004 Michael Creel <michael.creel@uab.es>
//
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// newton step, for use by minimization algorithms
// since this is not for use by end-users, its documentation
// is a bit short. See bfgsmin for an example of use
// args are
// f: string: function name
// f_args: cell array: arguments of function
// dx: vector: the direction of search
// minarg: integer: (optional) the arg we are minimizing w.r.t.
#include <oct.h>
#include <octave/parse.h>
#include <octave/Cell.h>
#include <octave/lo-ieee.h>
#include <float.h>
static bool
any_bad_argument(const octave_value_list& args)
{
if (!args(0).is_string())
{
error("newtonstep: first argument must be string holding objective function name");
return true;
}
if (!args(1).is_cell())
{
error("newtonstep: second argument must cell array of function arguments");
return true;
}
if (!(args(2).is_real_matrix() || args(2).is_real_scalar()))
{
error("newtonstep: third argument must be column vector of directions");
return true;
}
if ((args(2).is_real_matrix()) && (args(2).columns() != 1))
{
error("newtonstep: third argument must be column vector of directions");
return true;
}
if (args.length() == 4)
{
int tmp = args(3).int_value();
if (error_state)
{
error("newtonstep: 4th argument, if supplied, must be an integer scalar");
return true;
}
if ((tmp > args(1).length()|| tmp < 1))
{
error("newtonstep: 4th argument must be a positive integer that indicates \n\
which of the elements of the second argument is the one minimization is over");
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
DEFUN_DLD(newtonstep, args, , "newtonstep.cc")
{
int nargin = args.length ();
if ((nargin < 3) || (nargin > 4))
{
error("newtonstep: you must supply 3 or 4 arguments");
return octave_value_list();
}
// check the arguments
if (any_bad_argument(args)) return octave_value_list();
std::string f (args(0).string_value());
Cell f_args (args(1).cell_value());
Matrix dx (args(2).matrix_value());
double obj, obj_0, obj_left, obj_right, delta, a, gradient, hessian;
octave_value_list f_return;
octave_value_list c_args(2,1); // for cellevall {f, f_args}
octave_value_list stepobj(2,1);
int minarg;
// Default values for controls
minarg = 1; // by default, first arg is one over which we minimize
// possibly minimization not over 1st arg
if (args.length() == 4) minarg = args(3).int_value();
Matrix x (f_args(minarg - 1).matrix_value());
Matrix x_in = x;
gradient = 1.0;
// possibly function return cell array
// obj. value will be in first position
c_args(0) = f;
c_args(1) = f_args;
f_return = feval("celleval", c_args);
obj = f_return(0).double_value();
obj_0 = obj;
delta = 0.001; // experimentation show that this is a good choice
Matrix x_right = x + delta*dx;
Matrix x_left = x - delta*dx;
// possibly function return cell array
// obj. value will be in first position
f_args(minarg - 1) = x_right;
c_args(1) = f_args;
f_return = feval("celleval", c_args);
obj_right = f_return(0).double_value();
f_args(minarg - 1) = x_left;
c_args(1) = f_args;
f_return = feval("celleval", c_args);
obj_left = f_return(0).double_value();
gradient = (obj_right - obj_left) / (2*delta); // take central difference
hessian = (obj_right - 2*obj + obj_left) / pow(delta, 2.0);
hessian = fabs(hessian); // ensures we're going in a decreasing direction
if (hessian <= 2*DBL_EPSILON) hessian = 1.0; // avoid div by zero
a = - gradient / hessian; // hessian inverse gradient: the Newton step
if (a < 0) // since direction is descending, a must be positive
{ // if it is not, go to bisection step
f_return = feval("bisectionstep", args);
a = f_return(0).double_value();
obj = f_return(1).double_value();
stepobj(0) = a;
stepobj(1) = obj;
return octave_value_list(stepobj);
}
a = (a < 5.0)*a + 5.0*(a>=5.0); // Let's avoid extreme steps that might cause crashes
// ensure that this is improvement
f_args(minarg - 1) = x + a*dx;
c_args(1) = f_args;
f_return = feval("celleval", c_args);
obj = f_return(0).double_value();
// if not, fall back to bisection
if ((obj > obj_0) || lo_ieee_isnan(obj))
{
f_return = feval("bisectionstep", args);
a = f_return(0).double_value();
obj = f_return(1).double_value();
}
stepobj(0) = a;
stepobj(1) = obj;
return octave_value_list(stepobj);
}
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