7.45 optimization_constraint

• type: setup command.
• function: define a constraint for optimization.
• sequence: must follow optimization_setup and precede beam definition (bunched_beam or sdds_beam).
• N.B.: This command is disparaged. It is far better to put constraints into the optimization equation (via the equation parameter of optimization_setup or via optimization_term). The reason is that the hard constraints imposed by optimization_constraint may make it more difficult for the optimizer to converge. See the discussion of the selt and segt macros in the manual entry to optimization_setup.
• Command syntax, including use of equations and subcommands, is discussed in 7.2.

• quantity — The quantity to be constrained, given as the name of a quantity from among the optimization variables, optimization covariables, and the “final” parameters (see the entry for run_setup for the last of these). The optimization (co)variables are referred to as <element-name>.<parameter-name>, in all capital letters. Other quantities, such as Twiss parameters or anything else but what is listed just above, are not recognized. Expressions involving multiple quantities are not supported.
• lower, upper — The lower and upper limits allowed for the expression.