[Ipopt] Initial function evaluation not at initial point
Fabian Wein
fabian.wein at lse.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de
Fri Apr 20 03:07:22 EDT 2012
Hi Stefan,
thanks a lot! That solved the issue. I'm not that familiar with the
IPOPT options yet.
Regards from the south to north :)
Fabian
On 04/20/2012 04:27 AM, Stefan Vigerske wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ipopt moves the starting point away from the variable bounds, if it is
> too close, see options bound_frac and bound_push:
> http://www.coin-or.org/Ipopt/documentation/node97.html
> http://www.coin-or.org/Ipopt/documentation/node98.html
>
> Could that be the cause that you see you initial point moved?
>
> Stefan
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I start my problem from a trivial initial start value, all
>> functions are evaluated at the initial design.
>>
>> When I start from a design (obtained by another optimizer) which is
>> optimal and partially close to the design bounds,
>> the function gradients are evaluated at the initial design but the
>> function evaluations are evaluated at another design.
>>
>> If I relax the bounds of the design, the functions are evaluated at a
>> slightly different other design.
>>
>> Can this be? I see not much chance that this is caused by a bug by
>> myself, but one can never be sure.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Fabian
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