# scipy.optimize.dual_annealing¶

scipy.optimize.dual_annealing(func, bounds, args=(), maxiter=1000, local_search_options={}, initial_temp=5230.0, restart_temp_ratio=2e-05, visit=2.62, accept=- 5.0, maxfun=10000000.0, seed=None, no_local_search=False, callback=None, x0=None)[source]

Find the global minimum of a function using Dual Annealing.

Parameters
funccallable

The objective function to be minimized. Must be in the form f(x, *args), where x is the argument in the form of a 1-D array and args is a tuple of any additional fixed parameters needed to completely specify the function.

boundssequence, shape (n, 2)

Bounds for variables. (min, max) pairs for each element in x, defining bounds for the objective function parameter.

argstuple, optional

Any additional fixed parameters needed to completely specify the objective function.

maxiterint, optional

The maximum number of global search iterations. Default value is 1000.

local_search_optionsdict, optional

Extra keyword arguments to be passed to the local minimizer (minimize). Some important options could be: method for the minimizer method to use and args for objective function additional arguments.

initial_tempfloat, optional

The initial temperature, use higher values to facilitates a wider search of the energy landscape, allowing dual_annealing to escape local minima that it is trapped in. Default value is 5230. Range is (0.01, 5.e4].

restart_temp_ratiofloat, optional

During the annealing process, temperature is decreasing, when it reaches initial_temp * restart_temp_ratio, the reannealing process is triggered. Default value of the ratio is 2e-5. Range is (0, 1).

visitfloat, optional

Parameter for visiting distribution. Default value is 2.62. Higher values give the visiting distribution a heavier tail, this makes the algorithm jump to a more distant region. The value range is (0, 3].

acceptfloat, optional

Parameter for acceptance distribution. It is used to control the probability of acceptance. The lower the acceptance parameter, the smaller the probability of acceptance. Default value is -5.0 with a range (-1e4, -5].

maxfunint, optional

Soft limit for the number of objective function calls. If the algorithm is in the middle of a local search, this number will be exceeded, the algorithm will stop just after the local search is done. Default value is 1e7.

seed{int, RandomState, Generator}, optional

If seed is not specified the RandomState singleton is used. If seed is an int, a new RandomState instance is used, seeded with seed. If seed is already a RandomState or Generator instance, then that instance is used. Specify seed for repeatable minimizations. The random numbers generated with this seed only affect the visiting distribution function and new coordinates generation.

no_local_searchbool, optional

If no_local_search is set to True, a traditional Generalized Simulated Annealing will be performed with no local search strategy applied.

callbackcallable, optional

A callback function with signature callback(x, f, context), which will be called for all minima found. x and f are the coordinates and function value of the latest minimum found, and context has value in [0, 1, 2], with the following meaning:

• 0: minimum detected in the annealing process.

• 1: detection occurred in the local search process.

• 2: detection done in the dual annealing process.

If the callback implementation returns True, the algorithm will stop.

x0ndarray, shape(n,), optional

Coordinates of a single N-D starting point.

Returns
resOptimizeResult

The optimization result represented as a OptimizeResult object. Important attributes are: x the solution array, fun the value of the function at the solution, and message which describes the cause of the termination. See OptimizeResult for a description of other attributes.

Notes

This function implements the Dual Annealing optimization. This stochastic approach derived from [3] combines the generalization of CSA (Classical Simulated Annealing) and FSA (Fast Simulated Annealing) [1] [2] coupled to a strategy for applying a local search on accepted locations [4]. An alternative implementation of this same algorithm is described in [5] and benchmarks are presented in [6]. This approach introduces an advanced method to refine the solution found by the generalized annealing process. This algorithm uses a distorted Cauchy-Lorentz visiting distribution, with its shape controlled by the parameter $$q_{v}$$

$g_{q_{v}}(\Delta x(t)) \propto \frac{ \ \left[T_{q_{v}}(t) \right]^{-\frac{D}{3-q_{v}}}}{ \ \left[{1+(q_{v}-1)\frac{(\Delta x(t))^{2}} { \ \left[T_{q_{v}}(t)\right]^{\frac{2}{3-q_{v}}}}}\right]^{ \ \frac{1}{q_{v}-1}+\frac{D-1}{2}}}$

Where $$t$$ is the artificial time. This visiting distribution is used to generate a trial jump distance $$\Delta x(t)$$ of variable $$x(t)$$ under artificial temperature $$T_{q_{v}}(t)$$.

From the starting point, after calling the visiting distribution function, the acceptance probability is computed as follows:

$p_{q_{a}} = \min{\{1,\left[1-(1-q_{a}) \beta \Delta E \right]^{ \ \frac{1}{1-q_{a}}}\}}$

Where $$q_{a}$$ is a acceptance parameter. For $$q_{a}<1$$, zero acceptance probability is assigned to the cases where

$[1-(1-q_{a}) \beta \Delta E] < 0$

The artificial temperature $$T_{q_{v}}(t)$$ is decreased according to

$T_{q_{v}}(t) = T_{q_{v}}(1) \frac{2^{q_{v}-1}-1}{\left( \ 1 + t\right)^{q_{v}-1}-1}$

Where $$q_{v}$$ is the visiting parameter.

New in version 1.2.0.

References

1

Tsallis C. Possible generalization of Boltzmann-Gibbs statistics. Journal of Statistical Physics, 52, 479-487 (1998).

2

Tsallis C, Stariolo DA. Generalized Simulated Annealing. Physica A, 233, 395-406 (1996).

3

Xiang Y, Sun DY, Fan W, Gong XG. Generalized Simulated Annealing Algorithm and Its Application to the Thomson Model. Physics Letters A, 233, 216-220 (1997).

4

Xiang Y, Gong XG. Efficiency of Generalized Simulated Annealing. Physical Review E, 62, 4473 (2000).

5

Xiang Y, Gubian S, Suomela B, Hoeng J. Generalized Simulated Annealing for Efficient Global Optimization: the GenSA Package for R. The R Journal, Volume 5/1 (2013).

6

Mullen, K. Continuous Global Optimization in R. Journal of Statistical Software, 60(6), 1 - 45, (2014). DOI:10.18637/jss.v060.i06

Examples

The following example is a 10-D problem, with many local minima. The function involved is called Rastrigin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastrigin_function)

>>> from scipy.optimize import dual_annealing
>>> func = lambda x: np.sum(x*x - 10*np.cos(2*np.pi*x)) + 10*np.size(x)
>>> lw = [-5.12] * 10
>>> up = [5.12] * 10
>>> ret = dual_annealing(func, bounds=list(zip(lw, up)), seed=1234)
>>> ret.x
array([-4.26437714e-09, -3.91699361e-09, -1.86149218e-09, -3.97165720e-09,
-6.29151648e-09, -6.53145322e-09, -3.93616815e-09, -6.55623025e-09,
-6.05775280e-09, -5.00668935e-09]) # may vary
>>> ret.fun
0.000000


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