TaoCreate#

Creates a Tao solver

Synopsis#

#include "petsctao.h" 
PetscErrorCode TaoCreate(MPI_Comm comm, Tao *newtao)

Collective

Input Parameter#

  • comm - MPI communicator

Output Parameter#

  • newtao - the new Tao context

Available methods include#

  • TAONLS - nls Newton’s method with line search for unconstrained minimization

  • TAONTR - ntr Newton’s method with trust region for unconstrained minimization

  • TAONTL - ntl Newton’s method with trust region, line search for unconstrained minimization

  • TAOLMVM - lmvm Limited memory variable metric method for unconstrained minimization

  • TAOCG - cg Nonlinear conjugate gradient method for unconstrained minimization

  • TAONM - nm Nelder-Mead algorithm for derivate-free unconstrained minimization

  • TAOTRON - tron Newton Trust Region method for bound constrained minimization

  • TAOGPCG - gpcg Newton Trust Region method for quadratic bound constrained minimization

  • TAOBLMVM - blmvm Limited memory variable metric method for bound constrained minimization

  • TAOLCL - lcl Linearly constrained Lagrangian method for pde-constrained minimization

  • TAOPOUNDERS - pounders Model-based algorithm for nonlinear least squares

Options Database Keys#

  • -tao_type - select which method Tao should use

See Also#

Tao, TaoSolve(), TaoDestroy(), TAOSetFromOptions(), TAOSetType()

Level#

beginner

Location#

src/tao/interface/taosolver.c

Examples#

src/ts/tutorials/ex20opt_ic.c.html
src/ts/tutorials/ex20opt_p.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/burgers_spectral.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/eptorsion1.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/eptorsion2.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/eptorsion2f.F90.html
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/eptorsion3.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/minsurf1.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/minsurf2.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/rosenbrock1.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/rosenbrock1f.F90.html

Implementations#

TaoCreate_BLMVM in src/tao/bound/impls/blmvm/blmvm.c
TaoCreate_BNCG in src/tao/bound/impls/bncg/bncg.c
TaoCreate_BNK in src/tao/bound/impls/bnk/bnk.c
TaoCreate_BNLS in src/tao/bound/impls/bnk/bnls.c
TaoCreate_BNTL in src/tao/bound/impls/bnk/bntl.c
TaoCreate_BNTR in src/tao/bound/impls/bnk/bntr.c
TaoCreate_BQNK in src/tao/bound/impls/bqnk/bqnk.c
TaoCreate_BQNKLS in src/tao/bound/impls/bqnk/bqnkls.c
TaoCreate_BQNKTL in src/tao/bound/impls/bqnk/bqnktl.c
TaoCreate_BQNKTR in src/tao/bound/impls/bqnk/bqnktr.c
TaoCreate_BQNLS in src/tao/bound/impls/bqnls/bqnls.c
TaoCreate_TRON in src/tao/bound/impls/tron/tron.c
TaoCreate_ASFLS in src/tao/complementarity/impls/asls/asfls.c
TaoCreate_ASILS in src/tao/complementarity/impls/asls/asils.c
TaoCreate_SSFLS in src/tao/complementarity/impls/ssls/ssfls.c
TaoCreate_SSILS in src/tao/complementarity/impls/ssls/ssils.c
TaoCreate_ADMM in src/tao/constrained/impls/admm/admm.c
TaoCreate_ALMM in src/tao/constrained/impls/almm/almm.c
TaoCreate_IPM in src/tao/constrained/impls/ipm/ipm.c
TaoCreate_PDIPM in src/tao/constrained/impls/ipm/pdipm.c
TaoCreate_BRGN in src/tao/leastsquares/impls/brgn/brgn.c
TaoCreate_POUNDERS in src/tao/leastsquares/impls/pounders/pounders.c
TaoCreate_LCL in src/tao/pde_constrained/impls/lcl/lcl.c
TaoCreate_BQPIP in src/tao/quadratic/impls/bqpip/bqpip.c
TaoCreate_GPCG in src/tao/quadratic/impls/gpcg/gpcg.c
TaoCreate_BMRM in src/tao/unconstrained/impls/bmrm/bmrm.c
TaoCreate_CG in src/tao/unconstrained/impls/cg/taocg.c
TaoCreate_LMVM in src/tao/unconstrained/impls/lmvm/lmvm.c
TaoCreate_NM in src/tao/unconstrained/impls/neldermead/neldermead.c
TaoCreate_NLS in src/tao/unconstrained/impls/nls/nls.c
TaoCreate_NTL in src/tao/unconstrained/impls/ntl/ntl.c
TaoCreate_NTR in src/tao/unconstrained/impls/ntr/ntr.c
TaoCreate_OWLQN in src/tao/unconstrained/impls/owlqn/owlqn.c


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