Re: Free Nonlinear Optimization Package?

On Sun, 01 May 2005 15:19:41 -0700, shahehe wrote:

> I have an optimization problem where the objective function is
> nonlinear and there is no functional constraint. The feasible region is
> a box, i.e., the optimization variables satisfy the constraints
>
> xi_min <= x_i <= xi_max
>
> where xi_min and xi_max are the bounds for variable xi.
>
> Currently, I am using a general optimization package CFSQP to solve the
> problem. I would like to know if there is a more robust and more
> efficient free optimization package implemented in C or C++ that can be
> used to solve my problem, i.e., "nonlinear objective function, no
> functional constraint, and box shaped feasible region".
>
> Thanks.

Check out COIN-OR

http://www.coin-or.org/index.html

There are a variety of tools available there. Should do what you need.


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