Tips and Tricks: Getting Started Using Optimization with MATLAB - Webinar - 21 August 2008

The files contained in this zip file are from the August 21, 2008 webinar.
It is recommended you view the webinar prior to running these files.  To
view the webinar, go to http://www.mathworks.com/webinars and look for the
'Tips and Tricks: Getting Started Using Optimization with MATLAB' webinar.

Please be aware that you will need MATLAB(R), Optimization Toolbox, Genetic
Algorithm and Direct Search Toolbox, and Parallel Computing Toolbox to run this
code.  To request a trial of these products please visit:
http://www.mathworks.com/products/optimization/tryit.html


Things you may want to do to get familiar with the content:

0 - Read through REAME.txt (Obvious, I know)
1 - Read the published version of this demo (in html folder)
2 - Go throught the demo optimTipsTricksWalkthrough.m.
3 - View the Webinar.


It is recomended you walk through the demo using cell mode.

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Contained in this download are:

Info:       
   README.txt                            this document
   TipsTricksOptimizationWebinar.pdf     presentation slides

Webinar Archive:
    http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/archived_webinars.html

M-Files:
   compareApproaches.m		script that compares solvers on PEAKS function
   compareApproachesParallel.m  Parallel computing version compareApproaches.m
   nestedOptimExample.m		example of how to pass parameters in functions
   optimTipsTricksWalkthrough.m Main demo script --> start here		
   peaksCon.m			nonlinear constraint function
   peaksObj.m			nonlinear objective function (uses PEAKS)
   peaksObjExp.m		expensive version of peaksObj.m
   peaksOutputFcn.m		plotting function for peaks problem
   VEMap.m			Objective function for scaling problem
   VEPlot.m			Plotting function for scaling problem
   myCurveFcn.m			Simple function for curve fitting

MAT-Files:
   VEdata.m			data files used by VEPlot.m/VEMap.m

       
HTML Folder:
   MATLAB published version of optimTipsTricksWalkthrough.m.  To view, open
   the html folder and then open the optimTipsTricksWalkthrough.html file
   in a web browser.

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Questions/Comments:
stuart.kozola@mathworks.com