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The MAXIMIZE section is used to optimize parameters. FlexPDE implements the Nelder-Mead "amoeba" algorithm to minimize or maximize an objective function. This is not the method of greatest speed, but it is very flexible, and allows FlexPDE to perform optimization searches in a wide range of problem environments.
MAXIMIZE has the forms :
MAXIMIZE objective VS parameter ( start_value, value_range ) [ VS ...]
MAXIMIZE objective VS parameter ( start_value, value_range, lower_limit, upper_limit ) [ VS ... ]
The method creates a simplex of parameter values, each parameter assigned a random sampling of values centered about the start value with the stated range. The parameter values are modified until the value of the objective is maximized within the OPTERRLIM or the range of values of each parameter is bracketed to OPTERRLIM*parameter.
In the first form, the values of the parameter are allow to shift without limits on values. The second form is used to enforce an upper and lower limit to the acceptable values for the parameter. So as the optimization is taking place, the parameter will never go beyond these limits. When multiple parameters are declared, each parameter may be either form.
See also : MINIMIZE
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