EvaluationMonitor

EvaluationMonitor

is an option for various numerical computation and plotting functions that gives an expression to evaluate whenever functions derived from the input are evaluated numerically.

Details

  • The option setting is normally given as EvaluationMonitor:>expr. The :> is used instead of -> to avoid expr being immediately evaluated.
  • Whenever expr is evaluated, all variables in the numerical computation are assigned their current values. Block[{var1=val1,…},expr] is effectively used. »

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Print information with every function evaluation used to find a root:

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Count evaluations:

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Use Reap and Sow to collect evaluation data:

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Show the superlinear convergence of the method:

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Scope  (5)

Generalizations & Extensions  (2)

Applications  (6)

Properties & Relations  (1)

See Also

StepMonitor  Sow  Monitor  Print  Trace  Method

Tutorials

Introduced in 2003
(5.0)
| Updated in 2007
(6.0)