scipy.optimize.fmin_bfgs¶

scipy.optimize.fmin_bfgs(f, x0, fprime=None, args=(), gtol=1e-05, norm=inf, epsilon=1.4901161193847656e-08, maxiter=None, full_output=0, disp=1, retall=0, callback=None)[source]¶

Minimize a function using the BFGS algorithm.

Parameters

fcallable f(x,*args): Objective function to be minimized.
x0ndarray: Initial guess.
fprimecallable f'(x,*args), optional: Gradient of f.
argstuple, optional: Extra arguments passed to f and fprime.
gtolfloat, optional: Gradient norm must be less than gtol before successful termination.
normfloat, optional: Order of norm (Inf is max, -Inf is min)
epsilonint or ndarray, optional: If fprime is approximated, use this value for the step size.
callbackcallable, optional: An optional user-supplied function to call after each iteration. Called as callback(xk), where xk is the current parameter vector.
maxiterint, optional: Maximum number of iterations to perform.
full_outputbool, optional: If True, return fopt, func_calls, grad_calls, and warnflag in addition to xopt.
dispbool, optional: Print convergence message if True.
retallbool, optional: Return a list of results at each iteration if True.

Returns

xoptndarray: Parameters which minimize f, i.e., f(xopt) == fopt.
foptfloat: Minimum value.
goptndarray: Value of gradient at minimum, f’(xopt), which should be near 0.
Boptndarray: Value of 1/f’’(xopt), i.e., the inverse Hessian matrix.
func_callsint: Number of function_calls made.
grad_callsint: Number of gradient calls made.
warnflaginteger: 1 : Maximum number of iterations exceeded. 2 : Gradient and/or function calls not changing. 3 : NaN result encountered.
allvecslist: The value of xopt at each iteration. Only returned if retall is True.

See also

minimize: Interface to minimization algorithms for multivariate functions. See method='BFGS' in particular.

Notes

Optimize the function, f, whose gradient is given by fprime using the quasi-Newton method of Broyden, Fletcher, Goldfarb, and Shanno (BFGS).

References

Wright, and Nocedal ‘Numerical Optimization’, 1999, p. 198.

Examples

>>> from scipy.optimize import fmin_bfgs
>>> def quadratic_cost(x, Q):
...     return x @ Q @ x
...
>>> x0 = np.array([-3, -4])
>>> cost_weight =  np.diag([1., 10.])
>>> # Note that a trailing comma is necessary for a tuple with single element
>>> fmin_bfgs(quadratic_cost, x0, args=(cost_weight,))
Optimization terminated successfully.
        Current function value: 0.000000
        Iterations: 7                   # may vary
        Function evaluations: 24        # may vary
        Gradient evaluations: 8         # may vary
array([ 2.85169950e-06, -4.61820139e-07])

>>> def quadratic_cost_grad(x, Q):
...     return 2 * Q @ x
...
>>> fmin_bfgs(quadratic_cost, x0, quadratic_cost_grad, args=(cost_weight,))
Optimization terminated successfully.
        Current function value: 0.000000
        Iterations: 7
        Function evaluations: 8
        Gradient evaluations: 8
array([ 2.85916637e-06, -4.54371951e-07])

scipy.optimize.fmin_cg scipy.optimize.fmin_ncg