File: numgrad3.m

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function [g, badg] = numgrad3(fcn,f0,x,penalty,epsilon,varargin)
% Computes the gradient of the objective function fcn using a three points
% formula if possible.
%
% Adapted from Sims' numgrad routine.
%
% See section 25.3.4 in Abramovitz and Stegun (1972, Tenth Printing, December) Handbook of Mathematical Functions.
% http://www.math.sfu.ca/~cbm/aands/

% Original file downloaded from:
% http://sims.princeton.edu/yftp/optimize/mfiles/numgrad.m

% Copyright (C) 1993-2007 Christopher Sims
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h = epsilon;
n = length(x);
g = zeros(n,1);
H = 2*h;

badg=0;

for i=1:n
    xiold = x(i);
    x(i) = xiold+h;
    f1 = penalty_objective_function(x, fcn, penalty, varargin{:});
    x(i) = xiold-h;
    f2 = penalty_objective_function(x, fcn, penalty, varargin{:});
    g0 = (f1-f2)/H;
    if abs(g0)< 1e15
        g(i)=g0;
    else
        g(i)=0;
        badg=1;
    end
    x(i) = xiold;
end