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Samenvatting chapter 5 - Numerical Modelling and Design of El. & Mech sys. (E048400A)

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Chapter 5 :
Gradient-free methods

. 1) Introduction
3


~ GB methodes
from ch 3 and were
refull and efficient finding

,
local mis
for high dim
,
non-linear


Crt.
problems defined by
, ,
smooth
functions
* 7
1
f1
- >




objective function may
reach to



-




-
-
lock
lock
hove
differentiability
continuity
multiple echema
_
I
use
gradent-fir methods

r
↳ mot
diff..





for + Start
points
woul
gradient based methods
you getI optimum with




multiple extreme ?
= A solution could be Rondom start Gradient Search :


Mult stat
approach 1 lea
optim method I
ques nectant
2) Gen K rondon start
.




points
3) local optim ?
perfum *




-how to exope local optima ? -
more explication ,
like Random search ?


= Yes but ,
should be balanced with
exploitation ?




advantages Gradient-free
↳ easier to set mo univered
up ,




But less
efficient particularly
,
when *
-Some
feature global seart ↑ likelihood of minimum
finding globe
=




another like
~ reason could be multic
objective
i
genetic dojitm
do when disnets derivative of disnete variable invalid GB
↳ varidles inu for

, We will over
following agoitms ,
can be
categuised as



-
Deterministic local optimizations Nelder-read
↳ Nelder mead is an
simples algorithm
very exploitative? ,
↳ local inform .


Stochastic
-




Single-state Simulated annealing
↳ I
funct . Was. Ot a time
,
motivated to
explore first ,
exploit later

Stochastic and Particle
-


Population-based Geneticalgoritm swam



time
no
multipile funct eval ot
. a


iteration
-population evolves each
. 3) Nelder-Mead
3 Simple olgaitm
↳ deterministic
, direct-seach


based on simple , geom .




Figure defined by nx + 1
points in
design space of My varibels




t point
or

Cost-resort option
ram

Each iteration corrup to a
different
simples
~
agritm modifies simple each iteration
using
5
simple operations
each iteratin aim to point with better to simple
replace wat a are
gam a new


x )
**
each ites Mart with
~ .




reflection -> new
point wing X =
x + 2(X) -




with 2 = 1
for reflection

If reflected point better -
expansion d = 2

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