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This is a follow up to my previous question posted here. I am solving an optimization problem using fmincon in MATLAB. There are no equality constraints in my model. I want to pass ODEs as constraint to fmincon using, non-linear constraint, nlcon argument. The function model contains odes

function dz = model(t, z, c)  
              dz(1) = ..
              dz(2) = ..

I'd like to ask how the ode intergrator has to be called in the place of nlcon in fmincon(@objective,p0,A,b,Aeq,beq,lb,ub,nlcon).

%p0 = Initial Value of Parameters
A = [];
b = [];
Aeq = [];
beq = [];
nlcon  = ode45(@(t,z)model(t,z,x), tSpan, z0); % Is this correct?
p = fmincon(@objective,p0,A,b,Aeq,beq,lb,ub,nlcon); 

Since the ode function is already called in nlcon , is it required to call the function model again inside the objective function?

function cost = objective(c,expZ,tSpan,z0)
sol = ode45(@(t,z)model(t,z,c), tSpan, z0); % Is this step required?
ModelZ = sol(end,:)%  the solutions obtained from model at end point of tSpan
cost = ModelZ-expZ; %expZ contains steady state values of z1,z2.. 

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Natasha
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