Message-ID: <CAM_vjunKP6zH+yUbZTDPwPnKqftWAqX8MZdgx=u6thMWPfW5Vw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2012-08-01T14:34:01Z
From: Sarah Goslee
Subject: Optimize a function with Discrete inputs
In-Reply-To: <50193BCA.2030203@uke.de>
combn() gives ordered combinations, while expand.grid() gives all combinations.
I'd give worked code but this hints at homework to me.
Sarah
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Eik Vettorazzi <E.Vettorazzi at uke.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> not sure if that is what you are looking for, but have a look at
>
> cmb<-t(combn(c(0,3,5,8),2)) #get all pairs of combinations
> cbind(cmb,apply(cmb,1,diff)) #for each pair, get the difference
>
> cheers
>
>
> Am 01.08.2012 12:29, schrieb loyolite270:
>> Hi
>>
>> I need to optimize the below function:
>>
>> a=function(x){
>> A=x[1]
>> B=x[2]
>> C=B-A
>> return(C)
>> }
>>
>> I need to optimize the above function such that x can be any combination of
>> these number (0,3,5,8) of vector length 2
>> (i.e) x can be (3,0), (5,0), (8,0), (3,5), (3,8), (5,8), ...... etc
>>
>> can someone please help me solve this problem ?
>>
>>
>>
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Sarah Goslee
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