% Entropy maximization % Joëlle Skaf - 04/24/08 % % Consider the linear inequality constrained entroy maximization problem % maximize -sum_{i=1}^n x_i*log(x_i) % subject to sum(x) = 1 % Fx <= g % where the variable is x \in \reals^{n} % Input data randn('state', 0); rand('state', 0); n = 20; m = 10; p = 5; tmp = rand(n,1); A = randn(m,n); b = A*tmp; F = randn(p,n); g = F*tmp + rand(p,1); % Entropy maximization cvx_begin variable x(n) maximize sum(entr(x)) A*x == b F*x <= g cvx_end % Results display('The optimal solution is:' ); disp(x);