pub struct LBFGS<L, P, G, F> { /* private fields */ }
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Limited-memory BFGS (L-BFGS) method

L-BFGS is an approximation to BFGS which requires a limited amount of memory. Instead of storing the inverse, only a few vectors which implicitly represent the inverse matrix are stored.

It requires a line search and the number of vectors to be stored (history size m) must be set. Additionally an initial guess for the parameter vector is required, which is to be provided via the configure method of the Executor (See IterState, in particular IterState::param). In the same way the initial gradient and cost function corresponding to the initial parameter vector can be provided. If these are not provided, they will be computed during initialization of the algorithm.

Two tolerances can be configured, which are both needed in the stopping criteria. One is a tolerance on the gradient (set with with_tolerance_grad): If the norm of the gradient is below said tolerance, the algorithm stops. It defaults to sqrt(EPSILON). The other one is a tolerance on the change of the cost function from one iteration to the other. If the change is below this tolerance (default: EPSILON), the algorithm stops. This parameter can be set via with_tolerance_cost.

TODO: Implement compact representation of BFGS updating (Nocedal/Wright p.230)

Requirements on the optimization problem

The optimization problem is required to implement CostFunction and Gradient.

Reference

Jorge Nocedal and Stephen J. Wright (2006). Numerical Optimization. Springer. ISBN 0-387-30303-0.

Implementations

Construct a new instance of LBFGS

Example
let lbfgs: LBFGS<_, Vec<f64>, Vec<f64>,  f64> = LBFGS::new(linesearch, 5);

The algorithm stops if the norm of the gradient is below tol_grad.

The provided value must be non-negative. Defaults to sqrt(EPSILON).

Example
let lbfgs: LBFGS<_, Vec<f64>, Vec<f64>,  f64> = LBFGS::new(linesearch, 3).with_tolerance_grad(1e-6)?;

Sets tolerance for the stopping criterion based on the change of the cost stopping criterion

The provided value must be non-negative. Defaults to EPSILON.

Example
let lbfgs: LBFGS<_, Vec<f64>, Vec<f64>, f64> = LBFGS::new(linesearch, 3).with_tolerance_cost(1e-6)?;

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Name of the solver. Mainly used in Observers.

Initializes the algorithm. Read more

Computes a single iteration of the algorithm and has access to the optimization problem definition and the internal state of the solver. Returns an updated state and optionally a KV which holds key-value pairs used in Observers. Read more

Used to implement stopping criteria, in particular criteria which are not covered by (terminate_internal. Read more

Checks whether basic termination reasons apply. Read more

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