This file gives short instructions for installing and running GenOpt. For more details, please consult the GenOpt manual which can be downloaded from http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/GO.
To run GenOpt from the file explorer, double-click on the file
genopt.jar. This will start the graphical user interface. From the
graphical user interface, select File, Start... and select a GenOpt
initialization file.
GenOpt can also be run as a console application, either with or without the graphical user interface. To run GenOpt as a console application with graphical user interface, open a shell, go to this directory and type
java -jar genopt.jar [initializationFile]where [initializationFile] is an optional argument that can be
replaced with the GenOpt initialization file (see example below). To
start GenOpt without the graphical user interface, type
java -classpath genopt.jar genopt.GenOpt [initializationFile]For example, to run the example file provided with GenOpt that minimizes a quadratic function using the Hooke-Jeeves algorithm, type on Mac OSX
java -jar genopt.jar example/quad/GPSHookeJeeves/optMacOSX.inion Linux
java -jar genopt.jar example/quad/GPSHookeJeeves/optLinux.iniand on Windows
java -jar genopt.jar example\quad\GPSHookeJeeves\optWinXP.iniFor further information and how to use your simulation software to evaluate the cost function, please read the manual.
This directory contains examples that use EnergyPlus, IDA, Java or
Dymola to evaluate the cost function. To illustrate the use of GenOpt,
the directory example/quad contains several examples that either
minimize a simple quadratic cost function or use the quadratic function
to do parametric runs. These examples are recommended as a starting
point to learn how GenOpt works. To learn how inequality constraints on
the cost function can be implemented, see example/quad/constraint.
This directory contains files that show how to configure different simulation programs on various operating systems. The files in this directory contain comments that explain for which program and operating system they were written.
The src directory contains the source code of GenOpt. The source code
of the optimization algorithms can be found in the directory
src/genopt/algorithm. You do not have to compile these files. They are
only of interest if you want to implement your own optimization
algorithms.
This directory contains the manual and the code documentation. The code documentation is only needed by developers.
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