Basic optimization question (I'm a rookie)
Hi, R is quite good at optimization. Here's a basic tutorial: https://www.is.uni-freiburg.de/resources/computational-economics/5_OptimizationR.pdf There are a LOT of possibilities: https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Optimization.html Sarah On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 6:19 PM FAIL PEDIA
<soloparapaginas123456789 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, and thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this
I'm trying to learn to properly optimize a function with a constraint using
R. For example, maximize the area of a terrain with a maximum perimeter.
For this example the function would be:
Area <- function(x,y){x*y}
The restriction would be the following function:
Perimeter <- function(x,y){2*(x+y)}
The idea is to give a desired value to "Perimeter" and get the values of x
& y that maximize the area and respect the constraint.
I've searched online for some time, and only found a video of a dude that
plotted the functions toggling the values to find the tangent optimum point
(something useless, because the idea is to make the optimization more
efficiently than using a paper and a pencil)
Thanks again, and sorry if this question is silly.
Sarah Goslee (she/her) http://www.sarahgoslee.com