matlab

OpEn MATLAB API

This directory contains the MATLAB interface of Optimization Engine (OpEn).

The current MATLAB API lives in matlab/api. It communicates with optimizers generated in Python that expose a TCP server interface.

The legacy MATLAB code is preserved in matlab/legacy.

Capabilities

The current MATLAB toolbox supports:

• Connecting to TCP-enabled optimizers generated in Python
• Calling standard parametric optimizers using a flat parameter vector
• Calling OCP-generated optimizers using named parameter blocks from optimizer_manifest.json
• Loading OCP manifests and, when available, automatically reading the TCP endpoint from the sibling optimizer.yml
• Sending ping and kill requests to the optimizer server
• Providing optional warm-start data through:
  • InitialGuess
  • InitialLagrangeMultipliers
  • InitialPenalty
• Returning normalized solver responses with an ok flag and solver diagnostics
• Returning stage-wise inputs for OCP optimizers and states for multiple-shooting OCP optimizers

The main entry points are:

• matlab/api/OpEnTcpOptimizer.m
• matlab/api/createOpEnTcpOptimizer.m

Getting Started

Add the MATLAB API folder to your path:

addpath(fullfile(pwd, 'matlab', 'api'));

Make sure the target optimizer TCP server is already running.

Simple Optimizers

Connect to a parametric optimizer

Use a TCP port directly. The IP defaults to 127.0.0.1.

client = OpEnTcpOptimizer(3301);
pong = client.ping();
disp(pong.Pong);

You can also specify the endpoint explicitly:

client = OpEnTcpOptimizer('127.0.0.1', 3301);

Solve a parametric optimizer

For a standard parametric optimizer, pass the flat parameter vector:

response = client.solve([2.0, 10.0]);

if response.ok
    disp(response.solution);
    disp(response.cost);
else
    error('OpEn:SolverError', '%s', response.message);
end

Solve with warm-start information

response1 = client.solve([2.0, 10.0]);

response2 = client.solve( ...
    [2.0, 10.0], ...
    'InitialGuess', response1.solution, ...
    'InitialLagrangeMultipliers', response1.lagrange_multipliers, ...
    'InitialPenalty', response1.penalty);

Stop the server

client.kill();

OCP Optimizers

For OCP-generated optimizers, MATLAB uses name-value pairs to provide the parameter blocks listed in optimizer_manifest.json.

Load an OCP optimizer from its manifest

If optimizer_manifest.json and optimizer.yml are in the same generated optimizer directory, the client can infer the TCP endpoint automatically:

manifestPath = fullfile( ...
    pwd, ...
    'python', ...
    '.python_test_build_ocp', ...
    'ocp_single_tcp', ...
    'optimizer_manifest.json');

client = OpEnTcpOptimizer('ManifestPath', manifestPath);
disp(client.parameterNames());

You can also override the endpoint explicitly:

client = OpEnTcpOptimizer(3391, 'ManifestPath', manifestPath);

Solve a single-shooting OCP optimizer

The following example matches the OCP manifest in python/.python_test_build_ocp/ocp_single_tcp:

response = client.solve( ...
    'x0', [1.0, -1.0], ...
    'xref', [0.0, 0.0]);

if response.ok
    disp(response.solution);
    disp(response.inputs);
    disp(response.exit_status);
else
    error('OpEn:SolverError', '%s', response.message);
end

If the manifest defines default values for some parameters, you only need to provide the required ones:

manifestPath = fullfile( ...
    pwd, ...
    'python', ...
    '.python_test_build_ocp', ...
    'ocp_manifest_bindings', ...
    'optimizer_manifest.json');

client = OpEnTcpOptimizer('ManifestPath', manifestPath);
response = client.solve('x0', [1.0, 0.0]);

Solve a multiple-shooting OCP optimizer

For multiple-shooting OCPs, the MATLAB client also returns the state trajectory reconstructed from the manifest slices:

manifestPath = fullfile( ...
    pwd, ...
    'python', ...
    '.python_test_build_ocp', ...
    'ocp_multiple_tcp', ...
    'optimizer_manifest.json');

client = OpEnTcpOptimizer('ManifestPath', manifestPath);

response = client.solve( ...
    'x0', [1.0, -1.0], ...
    'xref', [0.0, 0.0]);

disp(response.inputs);
disp(response.states);

OCP warm-start example

Warm-start options can be combined with named OCP parameters:

response1 = client.solve( ...
    'x0', [1.0, -1.0], ...
    'xref', [0.0, 0.0]);

response2 = client.solve( ...
    'x0', [1.0, -1.0], ...
    'xref', [0.0, 0.0], ...
    'InitialGuess', response1.solution, ...
    'InitialLagrangeMultipliers', response1.lagrange_multipliers, ...
    'InitialPenalty', response1.penalty);

Notes

• The MATLAB API does not start the optimizer server; it connects to a server that is already running.
• For plain parametric optimizers, use client.solve(p).
• For OCP optimizers, use client.solve('name1', value1, 'name2', value2, ...).
• The helper function createOpEnTcpOptimizer(...) is a thin wrapper around OpEnTcpOptimizer(...).