MATLAB: How to pass extra parameters to multistart

curve fittingCurve Fitting ToolboxmultistartParallel Computing Toolbox

I was able to optimize a local solver with a few extra parameters after options (pulse_method, etc.) as follows:
options = optimset('MaxFunEvals', 1000000, 'MaxIter', 1000000, 'TolFun',1e-16,'TolX',1e-16, 'Display', 'off' );
[x,resnorm,residual,exitflag,output,lambda,jacobian] = lsqcurvefit(@cest_sim_slave, x0, offset_w, data(:,2), lb,ub, options ,pulse_method, cwpe_approximation, sampling, ...
fs, B1amp, pulse_duration, pulse_interval, spoiler, pulse_repeat, dummy, recovery, pulse_sampling_factor);
Now I'm trying to pass the same extra parameters after opt (pulse_method, etc.) to multistart:
opts = optimoptions(@lsqcurvefit,'TolFun',1e-16,'TolX',1e-16, 'Display', 'off');
problem = createOptimProblem('lsqcurvefit','objective',@cest_sim_slave,'x0',x0,'xdata',offset_w,'ydata',data(:,2),'lb',lb,'ub',ub,'options', opts ,pulse_method, cwpe_approximation, sampling, ...
fs, B1amp, pulse_duration, pulse_interval, spoiler, pulse_repeat, dummy, recovery, pulse_sampling_factor);
%matlabpool open 4
ms = MultiStart;
[x fval eflag output manymins] = run(ms,problem,50);
%matlabpool close
and I'm getting the error bellow. What am I doing wrong?
Error using createOptimProblem (line 102) No field long exists for PROBLEM structure. Type "help createOptimProblem" for a list of valid fields for each solver. Error in fit (line 40) problem = createOptimProblem('lsqcurvefit','objective',@cest_sim_slave,'x0',x0,'xdata',offset_w,'ydata',data(:,2),'lb',lb,'ub',ub,pulse_method, cwpe_approximation, sampling, …

Best Answer

the simple solution was to declare those variables inside the function