How can we check if a non-linear multi-variable (more than 4 variables) function with constraints is a convex function or a concave function?

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Daniel Tinello

Hello,

in the following web site you find some background info to determine if teh function is convex or not.

http://www.solver.com/convex-optimization

Monte Azmi

Hi Ponnada

You can easily use the below MATLAB script to find out the status of your function:

http://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23106-convexchecker/content/convexchecker.m

Cheers

Moh

Kundan Meshram

Dear sir,

You can use SPSS software for this analysis.