scipy.optimize.fmin_l_bfgs_b¶

scipy.optimize.fmin_l_bfgs_b(func, x0, fprime=None, args=(), approx_grad=0, bounds=None, m=10, factr=10000000.0, pgtol=1e-05, epsilon=1e-08, iprint=-1, maxfun=15000, maxiter=15000, disp=None, callback=None)[source]¶

Minimize a function func using the L-BFGS-B algorithm.

Parameters:

Parameters:	func : callable f(x,args) Function to minimise. x0 : ndarray Initial guess. fprime* : callable fprime(x,args) The gradient of func. If None, then func* returns the function value and the gradient (`f, g = func(x, args)`), unless approx_grad* is True in which case func returns only `f`. args : sequence Arguments to pass to func and fprime. approx_grad : bool Whether to approximate the gradient numerically (in which case func returns only the function value). bounds : list `(min, max)` pairs for each element in `x`, defining the bounds on that parameter. Use None for one of `min` or `max` when there is no bound in that direction. m : int The maximum number of variable metric corrections used to define the limited memory matrix. (The limited memory BFGS method does not store the full hessian but uses this many terms in an approximation to it.) factr : float The iteration stops when `(f^k - f^{k+1})/max{\|f^k\|,\|f^{k+1}\|,1} <= factr * eps`, where `eps` is the machine precision, which is automatically generated by the code. Typical values for factr are: 1e12 for low accuracy; 1e7 for moderate accuracy; 10.0 for extremely high accuracy. pgtol : float The iteration will stop when `max{\|proj g_i \| i = 1, ..., n} <= pgtol` where `pg_i` is the i-th component of the projected gradient. epsilon : float Step size used when approx_grad is True, for numerically calculating the gradient iprint : int Controls the frequency of output. `iprint < 0` means no output; `iprint == 0` means write messages to stdout; `iprint > 1` in addition means write logging information to a file named `iterate.dat` in the current working directory. disp : int, optional If zero, then no output. If a positive number, then this over-rides iprint (i.e., iprint gets the value of disp). maxfun : int Maximum number of function evaluations. maxiter : int Maximum number of iterations. callback : callable, optional Called after each iteration, as `callback(xk)`, where `xk` is the current parameter vector.
Returns:	x : array_like Estimated position of the minimum. f : float Value of func at the minimum. d : dict Information dictionary. d[‘warnflag’] is 0 if converged, 1 if too many function evaluations or too many iterations, 2 if stopped for another reason, given in d[‘task’] d[‘grad’] is the gradient at the minimum (should be 0 ish) d[‘funcalls’] is the number of function calls made. d[‘nit’] is the number of iterations.

func : callable f(x,*args)

Function to minimise.

x0 : ndarray

Initial guess.

fprime : callable fprime(x,*args)

The gradient of func. If None, then func returns the function value and the gradient (f, g = func(x, *args)), unless approx_grad is True in which case func returns only f.

args : sequence

Arguments to pass to func and fprime.

approx_grad : bool

Whether to approximate the gradient numerically (in which case func returns only the function value).

bounds : list

(min, max) pairs for each element in x, defining the bounds on that parameter. Use None for one of min or max when there is no bound in that direction.

m : int

The maximum number of variable metric corrections used to define the limited memory matrix. (The limited memory BFGS method does not store the full hessian but uses this many terms in an approximation to it.)

factr : float

The iteration stops when (f^k - f^{k+1})/max{|f^k|,|f^{k+1}|,1} <= factr * eps, where eps is the machine precision, which is automatically generated by the code. Typical values for factr are: 1e12 for low accuracy; 1e7 for moderate accuracy; 10.0 for extremely high accuracy.

pgtol : float

The iteration will stop when max{|proj g_i | i = 1, ..., n} <= pgtol where pg_i is the i-th component of the projected gradient.

epsilon : float

Step size used when approx_grad is True, for numerically calculating the gradient

iprint : int

Controls the frequency of output. iprint < 0 means no output; iprint == 0 means write messages to stdout; iprint > 1 in addition means write logging information to a file named iterate.dat in the current working directory.

disp : int, optional

If zero, then no output. If a positive number, then this over-rides iprint (i.e., iprint gets the value of disp).

maxfun : int

Maximum number of function evaluations.

maxiter : int

Maximum number of iterations.

callback : callable, optional

Called after each iteration, as callback(xk), where xk is the current parameter vector.

Returns:

x : array_like

Estimated position of the minimum.

f : float

Value of func at the minimum.

d : dict

Information dictionary.

d[‘warnflag’] is

0 if converged,

1 if too many function evaluations or too many iterations,

2 if stopped for another reason, given in d[‘task’]

d[‘grad’] is the gradient at the minimum (should be 0 ish)

d[‘funcalls’] is the number of function calls made.

d[‘nit’] is the number of iterations.

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