Where can I find the documentation for polling methods applicable to paretosearch?

I am new to optimization. As an attempt to understand the pattern search algorithm for multi-objective optimization using paretosearch, I got stuck with PollMethod. I want to know what it is and how it impacts the optimization. I find it hard to get the documentation in web. I appreciate any help towards. Thank you.

Answer 1

[Dyuman Joshi]

From the User's Guide of Global Optimization Toolbox, available here - https://in.mathworks.com/help/pdf_doc/gads/index.html (Page 784/1064 or Page 10 in Chapter-17)

"Poll options control how the pattern search polls the mesh points at each iteration.

PollMethod specifies the pattern the algorithm uses to create the mesh. There are two patterns for each of the classes of direct search algorithms: the generalized pattern search (GPS) algorithm, the generating set search (GSS) algorithm, and the mesh adaptive direct search (MADS) algorithm."

Refer to the linked documentation for more information.

[Dhanesh R]

Hi @Dyuman Joshi,

Thanks for the immediate help.

Let me go through the docs.