petsc-3.7.1 2016-05-15
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TaoSetFromOptions

Sets various Tao parameters from user options.

Synopsis

#include "petsctao.h" 
PetscErrorCode TaoSetFromOptions(Tao tao)
Collective on Tao Many br

Input Paremeter

tao -the Tao solver context Many br

options Database Keys

-tao_type <type> - The algorithm that TAO uses (lmvm, nls, etc.) Many br
-tao_gatol <gatol> - absolute error tolerance for ||gradient|| Many br
-tao_grtol <grtol> - relative error tolerance for ||gradient|| Many br
-tao_gttol <gttol> - reduction of ||gradient|| relative to initial gradient Many br
-tao_max_it <max> - sets maximum number of iterations Many br
-tao_max_funcs <max> - sets maximum number of function evaluations Many br
-tao_fmin <fmin> - stop if function value reaches fmin Many br
-tao_steptol <tol> - stop if trust region radius less than <tol> Many br
-tao_trust0 <t> - initial trust region radius Many br
-tao_monitor - prints function value and residual at each iteration Many br
-tao_smonitor - same as tao_monitor, but truncates very small values Many br
-tao_cmonitor - prints function value, residual, and constraint norm at each iteration Many br
-tao_view_solution - prints solution vector at each iteration Many br
-tao_view_separableobjective - prints separable objective vector at each iteration Many br
-tao_view_step - prints step direction vector at each iteration Many br
-tao_view_gradient - prints gradient vector at each iteration Many br
-tao_draw_solution - graphically view solution vector at each iteration Many br
-tao_draw_step - graphically view step vector at each iteration Many br
-tao_draw_gradient - graphically view gradient at each iteration Many br
-tao_fd_gradient - use gradient computed with finite differences Many br
-tao_cancelmonitors - cancels all monitors (except those set with command line) Many br
-tao_view - prints information about the Tao after solving Many br
-tao_converged_reason - prints the reason TAO stopped iterating Many br

Notes

To see all options, run your program with the -help option or consult the Many bruser's manual. Should be called after TaoCreate() but before TaoSolve() Many br

Many br

Level:beginner
Location:
src/tao/interface/taosolver.c
Index of all Tao routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages

Examples

src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex16opt_p.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex16opt_ic.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex20opt_p.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex20opt_ic.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/examples/tutorials/eptorsion1.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/examples/tutorials/eptorsion2.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/examples/tutorials/minsurf2.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/examples/tutorials/rosenbrock1.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/examples/tutorials/eptorsion2f.F.html
src/tao/unconstrained/examples/tutorials/rosenbrock1f.F.html
src/tao/constrained/examples/tutorials/maros.c.html