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Find the minimum of a funtion of several variables. By default the method used is the Nelder&Mead Simplex algorithm
Example usage: fmins(inline(’(x(1)-5).^2+(x(2)-8).^4’),[0;0])
Inputs
A string containing the name of the function to minimize
A vector of initial parameters fo the function f.
Vector with control parameters (not all parameters are used)
options(1) - Show progress (if 1, default is 0, no progress)
options(2) - Relative size of simplex (default 1e-3)
options(6) - Optimization algorithm
if options(6)==0 - Nelder & Mead simplex (default)
if options(6)==1 - Multidirectional search Method
if options(6)==2 - Alternating Directions search
options(5)
if options(6)==0 && options(5)==0 - regular simplex
if options(6)==0 && options(5)==1 - right-angled simplex
Comment: the default is set to "right-angled simplex".
this works better for me on a broad range of problems,
although the default in nmsmax is "regular simplex"
options(10) - Maximum number of function evaluations
Unused (For compatibility with Matlab)
Optional parameters for function f