Owning Palette: Mathematics VIs
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Use the Optimization VIs to determine local minima and maxima of real 1D or n-dimension functions.
You can choose between optimization algorithms based on derivatives of the function and algorithms working without these derivatives. You also can use special methods like Linear Programming, Levenberg-Marquardt in symbolic form, Pade, and Chebyshev Approximation.
The VIs on this palette can return mathematics error codes.
An overview of the optimization routines is shown in the following illustration.
| Palette Object | Description |
|---|---|
| Brent with Derivatives 1D | Determines a local minimum of a given 1D function in a given interval. The method is based on derivatives of the function. |
| Chebyshev Approximation | Determines a given function using Chebyshev polynomials. |
| Conjugate Gradient nD | Determines a local minimum of a function of n independent variables with the Conjugate Gradient method. |
| Constrained Nonlinear Optimization | Solves a general nonlinear optimization problem with nonlinear equality constraint and nonlinear inequality constraint bounds using a sequential quadratic programming method. |
| Downhill Simplex nD | Determines a local minimum of a function of n independent variables with the Downhill Simplex method. |
| Find All Minima 1D | Determines all local minima of a given function in a given interval. |
| Find All Minima nD | Determines the minima of an n-dimension function in a given n-dimension interval. |
| Global Optimization | Solves a global optimization equation with boundary constraints, nonlinear equality constraints, and nonlinear inequality constraints using the differential evolution (DE) method. |
| Golden Section 1D | Determines a local minimum of a given 1D function with the help of a bracketing of the minimum. The Golden Section Search method is used. |
| Linear Programming Simplex Method | Determines the solution of a linear programming problem. |
| Quadratic Programming | Uses either an interior point algorithm or an active set algorithm to solve the problem: minimize 0.5x*Q*x + c*x, such that A*x=b and Imin are less than or equal to D*x, which is less than or equal to Imax. You must manually select the polymorphic instance to use. |
| Unconstrained Optimization | Solves the unconstrained minimization problem for an arbitrary nonlinear function. You must manually select the polymorphic instance to use. |
Refer to the Transport Optimization Using Linear Programming VI in the labview\examples\Mathematics\Optimization directory for an example of using the Optimization VIs.
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