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+##
+## Author: Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{x}, @var{fval}, @var{info}, @var{output}] =} fminbnd (@var{fun}, @var{a}, @var{b}, @var{options})
+## Find a minimum point of a univariate function. @var{fun} should be a
+## function
+## handle or name. @var{a}, @var{b} specify a starting interval. @var{options}
+## is a
+## structure specifying additional options. Currently, @code{fminbnd}
+## recognizes these options: @code{"FunValCheck"}, @code{"OutputFcn"},
+## @code{"TolX"}, @code{"MaxIter"}, @code{"MaxFunEvals"}.
+## For description of these options, see @ref{doc-optimset,,optimset}.
+##
+## On exit, the function returns @var{x}, the approximate minimum point
+## and @var{fval}, the function value thereof.
+## @var{info} is an exit flag that can have these values:
+##
+## @itemize
+## @item 1
+## The algorithm converged to a solution.
+##
+## @item 0
+## Maximum number of iterations or function evaluations has been exhausted.
+##
+## @item -1
+## The algorithm has been terminated from user output function.
+## @end itemize
+## @seealso{optimset, fzero, fminunc}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## This is patterned after opt/fmin.f from Netlib, which in turn is taken from
+## Richard Brent: Algorithms For Minimization Without Derivatives, Prentice-Hall (1973)
+
+## PKG_ADD: ## Discard result to avoid polluting workspace with ans at startup.
+## PKG_ADD: [~] = __all_opts__ ("fminbnd");
+
+function [x, fval, info, output] = fminbnd (fun, xmin, xmax, options = struct ())
+
+ ## Get default options if requested.
+ if (nargin == 1 && ischar (fun) && strcmp (fun, 'defaults'))
+ x = optimset ("MaxIter", Inf, "MaxFunEvals", Inf, "TolX", 1e-8, \
+ "OutputFcn", [], "FunValCheck", "off");
+ return;
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 4)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (ischar (fun))
+ fun = str2func (fun, "global");
+ endif
+
+ ## TODO
+ ## displev = optimget (options, "Display", "notify");
+ funvalchk = strcmpi (optimget (options, "FunValCheck", "off"), "on");
+ outfcn = optimget (options, "OutputFcn");
+ tolx = optimget (options, "TolX", 1e-8);
+ maxiter = optimget (options, "MaxIter", Inf);
+ maxfev = optimget (options, "MaxFunEvals", Inf);
+
+ if (funvalchk)
+ ## Replace fun with a guarded version.
+ fun = @(x) guarded_eval (fun, x);
+ endif
+
+ ## The default exit flag if exceeded number of iterations.
+ info = 0;
+ niter = 0;
+ nfev = 0;
+ sqrteps = eps (class (xmin + xmax));
+
+ c = 0.5*(3-sqrt(5));
+ a = xmin; b = xmax;
+ v = a + c*(b-a);
+ w = x = v;
+ e = 0;
+ fv = fw = fval = fun (x);
+ nfev++;
+
+ while (niter < maxiter && nfev < maxfev)
+ xm = 0.5*(a+b);
+ ## FIXME: the golden section search can actually get closer than sqrt(eps)...
+ ## sometimes. Sometimes not, it depends on the function. This is the strategy
+ ## from the Netlib code. Something yet smarter would be good.
+ tol = 2 * sqrteps * abs (x) + tolx / 3;
+ if (abs (x - xm) <= (2*tol - 0.5*(b-a)))
+ info = 1;
+ break;
+ endif
+
+ if (abs (e) > tol)
+ dogs = false;
+ ## Try inverse parabolic step.
+ r = (x - w)*(fval - fv);
+ q = (x - v)*(fval - fw);
+ p = (x - v)*q - (x - w)*r;
+ q = 2*(q - r);
+ p *= -sign (q);
+ q = abs (q);
+ r = e;
+ e = d;
+
+ if (abs (p) < abs (0.5*q*r) && p > q*(a-x) && p < q*(b-x))
+ ## The parabolic step is acceptable.
+ d = p / q;
+ u = x + d;
+
+ ## f must not be evaluated too close to ax or bx.
+ if (min (u-a, b-u) < 2*tol)
+ d = tol * (sign (xm - x) + (xm == x));
+ endif
+ else
+ dogs = true;
+ endif
+ else
+ dogs = true;
+ endif
+ if (dogs)
+ ## Default to golden section step.
+ e = ifelse (x >= xm, a - x, b - x);
+ d = c * e;
+ endif
+
+ ## f must not be evaluated too close to x.
+ u = x + max (abs (d), tol) * (sign (d) + (d == 0));
+
+ fu = fun (u);
+ nfev++;
+ niter++;
+
+ ## update a, b, v, w, and x
+
+ if (fu <= fval)
+ if (u < x)
+ b = x;
+ else
+ a = x;
+ endif
+ v = w; fv = fw;
+ w = x; fw = fval;
+ x = u; fval = fu;
+ else
+ ## The following if-statement was originally executed even if fu == fval.
+ if (u < x)
+ a = u;
+ else
+ b = u;
+ endif
+ if (fu <= fw || w == x)
+ v = w; fv = fw;
+ w = u; fw = fu;
+ elseif (fu <= fv || v == x || v == w)
+ v = u;
+ fv = fu;
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ ## If there's an output function, use it now.
+ if (outfcn)
+ optv.funccount = nfev;
+ optv.fval = fval;
+ optv.iteration = niter;
+ if (outfcn (x, optv, "iter"))
+ info = -1;
+ break;
+ endif
+ endif
+ endwhile
+
+ output.iterations = niter;
+ output.funcCount = nfev;
+ output.bracket = [a, b];
+ ## FIXME: bracketf possibly unavailable.
+
+endfunction
+
+## An assistant function that evaluates a function handle and checks for
+## bad results.
+function fx = guarded_eval (fun, x)
+ fx = fun (x);
+ fx = fx(1);
+ if (! isreal (fx))
+ error ("fminbnd:notreal", "fminbnd: non-real value encountered");
+ elseif (isnan (fx))
+ error ("fminbnd:isnan", "fminbnd: NaN value encountered");
+ endif
+endfunction
+
+%!shared opt0
+%! opt0 = optimset ("tolx", 0);
+%!assert (fminbnd (@cos, pi/2, 3*pi/2, opt0), pi, 10*sqrt(eps))
+%!assert (fminbnd (@(x) (x - 1e-3)^4, -1, 1, opt0), 1e-3, 10e-3*sqrt(eps))
+%!assert (fminbnd (@(x) abs(x-1e7), 0, 1e10, opt0), 1e7, 10e7*sqrt(eps))
+%!assert (fminbnd (@(x) x^2 + sin(2*pi*x), 0.4, 1, opt0), fzero (@(x) 2*x + 2*pi*cos(2*pi*x), [0.4, 1], opt0), sqrt(eps))