CVXOPT Toolbox — a MATLAB interface to CVXOPT

This MATLAB toolbox provides an interface to CVXOPT's cone LP solver.

CVXOPT website: http://cvxopt.org

License

CVXOPT license: GPL 3

Toolbox license: BSD 3-Clause

Requirements

Supported platforms: macOS, Linux
MATLAB R2014b or later
Python environment with CVXOPT 1.1.9 or later

The version of the Python interpreter used by MATLAB can be changed with the pyversion function.

Known issues

The Linux version of MATLAB may crash when calling the toolbox function conelp because of a library conflict: MATLAB's MKL library is used in place of the BLAS library that CVXOPT otherwise uses when loaded in Python, causing a segmentation fault. This issue is similar to the library conflict reported in this thread on MATLAB Answers, and the same workarounds seem to work. In particular, by executing py.sys.setdlopenflags(int32(10)) before Python is loaded, the library conflict is avoided. The toolbox includes a script that will do this if the platform is Linux:

>> cvxopt_init

This script should be executed before Python is loaded (see pyversion).

Installation

Method 1: Add-On Explorer (MATLAB R2015b or later)

On MATLAB’s Home tab, click on "Add-Ons" and select “Get Add-Ons”. This will open the Add-On Explorer. Search for "CVXOPT Toolbox" and click on "Add".

Method 2: Manual Installation

Double-click on CVXOPT Toolbox.mltbx and click on the "Install" button.

Method 3: Terminal (MATLAB R2016a or later)

git clone https://github.com/cvxopt/cvxopt-matlab
cd cvxopt-matlab
make install

If MATLAB is not available in the path, set MATLAB_ROOT to the root directory of your MATLAB installation (the appropriate path can be found with MATLAB's matlabroot function), i.e.,

make MATLAB_ROOT=/path/to/matlabroot install

Uninstalling the toolbox

On MATLAB’s Home tab, click on "Add-Ons" and select "Manage Add-Ons". Locate the CVXOPT Toolbox and select "Uninstall..." from the drop-down menu.

Test

To check that the toolbox has been properly installed and is working, run the cvxopt_test script:

>> cvxopt_test

Documentation

Getting Started Guide (requires MATLAB R2016a or later)

On MATLAB’s Home tab, click on "Add-Ons" and select "Manage Add-Ons". Locate the CVXOPT Toolbox and select "View Getting Started Guide" from the drop-down menu. Alternatively, open the MATLAB Live Script located in doc/Getting Started Guide.mlx. The "Getting Started Guide" is also available online here.

Solving cone linear programs with `conelp`

The conelp function

sol = conelp(c,G,h,dims,A,b,options);

solves a cone linear program. Basic information about how to use the conelp function is included in the help text:

>> help conelp

Some examples of how to use conelp are included in the examples directory.

CVXOPT userguide

For more information about how to use CVXOPT and additional examples, see the userguide.

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