passing an array value to fmincon

Hi , my objective function is shown above. I have to minimize this function for variable "K(capital)", "r" , "C"

however for "a_s" i have an array which i need to pass to the objective function.

My question is ...how can i pass "a_s" to the objective function ? I don't have a clear picture of fmincon function and finding it troubling for this equation.

It would be great ... if somebody can give me the sketch or outline of the code for this function !

[Matt J]

What does it mean to you to "minimize" an array-valued function? Do you want N different minimizing values of K,r,C for each of the N elements a_s(i)? Or do you have a mathcing array of observed sigma values as well which you want are trying to curve fit? If the latter, you should probably use lsqcurvefit as opposed to fmincon.

[Kaiser Ahmed Bhuiyan]

I meant that , I have an array of variable "a_S" and i would like to pass the values into fmincon objective function

Answer 1

[Matt J]

This page talks about passing known parameters. They apply to any variables you might wish to pass, be they arrays, scalars, or even non-numeric variables.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/optim/ug/passing-extra-parameters.html