Minimize function with parameters

Question

Currently I have the following code that defines the function f.

a = #something
b = #something
c = #something
def f(x):
    """Evaluates some function that depends on parameters a, b, and c"""
    someNumber = #some calculation
    return someNumber

Ideally I would do def f(x, a, b, c), BUT I am minimizing f with respect to x and SciPy's optimization toolbox doesn't allow for one to minimize functions with parameters in the arguments. That said I would like to run my minimization code for multiple values of a, b and c. Is there a way I can do this?

Answer 1

You can specify additional arguments in args

from scipy.optimize import minimize 
minimize(f, x0, args=(a, b, c))