From: SACHIN DEVASSY on
Sir

I have doubts regarding Pattern Search .Could you please tell me the difference between Search and Poll. In Matlab user guide, Polling has been explained but Search is not.
Thanking you
From: us on
"SACHIN DEVASSY" <sachindevassy(a)gmail.com> wrote in message <hp6hp3$mh5$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> Sir
>
> I have doubts regarding Pattern Search .Could you please tell me the difference between Search and Poll. In Matlab user guide, Polling has been explained but Search is not.
> Thanking you

what are you referring to(?)...

us
From: SACHIN DEVASSY on
Sir

I wanted to know the difference between Search and Poll in the Pattern Search algorithm available in Genetic Algorithm and Direct Search Toolbox.Both Search and Poll have the
following methods 1)GPSPositiveBasis2N 2)GPSPositiveBasisNp1 3)MADSPositiveBasis2N 4)MADSPositiveBasisNp1.Is there any reference for which explains these terms in simple terms other than Matlab User Guide.

Thanks
From: Alan Weiss on
SACHIN DEVASSY wrote:
> Sir
>
> I wanted to know the difference between Search and Poll in the Pattern
> Search algorithm available in Genetic Algorithm and Direct Search
> Toolbox.Both Search and Poll have the following methods
> 1)GPSPositiveBasis2N 2)GPSPositiveBasisNp1 3)MADSPositiveBasis2N
> 4)MADSPositiveBasisNp1.Is there any reference for which explains these
> terms in simple terms other than Matlab User Guide.
>
> Thanks
As explained (albeit briefly) in
http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/gads/f8355.html#f7292

“In addition to polling the mesh points, the pattern search algorithm
can perform an optional step at every iteration, called search. At each
iteration, the search step applies another optimization method to the
current point. If this search does not improve the current point, the
poll step is performed.”

Alan Weiss
MATLAB mathematical toolbox documentation