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Re: fminbnd tolerances
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Rik |
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Re: fminbnd tolerances |
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Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:19:21 -0800 |
> I believe, however, that the fzero/fminbnd functions are so efficient
> that the user will most typically far prefer accuracy to performance,
> so I think Octave's defaults are more reasonable. But I'm open to
> discussion.
My assessment of the algorithms is the same as yours and I will vote for
the extra accuracy.
1-3 extra function evaluations are of no consequence when the answer is
usually returned before I can get my fingers off the keyboard.
--Rik
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