Solving Constrained Least-Squares Problem In R With Quadprog Top 4 Latest Posts

To solve a constrained least-squares problem in R with quadprog, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Install and load the “quadprog” package in R. You can do this by running the following commands:

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install.packages("quadprog")
library(quadprog)

1. Define your objective function and constraints in the appropriate format. In the case of a constrained least-squares problem, your objective function will be of the form:

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minimize (1/2) t(x) %*% Q %*% x + c %*% x

where x is the vector of coefficients you are trying to optimize, Q is a symmetric positive definite matrix, and c is a vector of constants. The constraints will typically be of the form:

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A %*% x >= b

where A is a matrix and b is a vector.

1. Use the solve.QP function from the quadprog package to solve the problem. The function takes four arguments: Dmat, dvec, Amat, and bvec. These arguments correspond to the Q, c, A, and b matrices/vectors, respectively.

Here’s an example of how to use the solve.QP function to solve a constrained least-squares problem:

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# Define the objective function and constraints
Q <- matrix(c(1, 0, 0, 1), nrow=2)
c <- c(0, 0)
A <- matrix(c(1, 1, -1, 2), nrow=2)
b <- c(2, 2)

# Use solve.QP to solve the problem
result <- solve.QP(Q, c, t(A), b)

# Print the solution
print(result$solution)

In this example, we are minimizing the objective function x1^2 + x2^2, subject to the constraints x1 + x2 >= 2 and -x1 + 2x2 >= 2. The solve.QP function returns a list that contains the solution vector (result$solution) and the value of the objective function at the solution (result$value).