Re: GSoC 2015: Optimization Package: Non-linear and constrained least squares lsqcurvefit, lsqlin, lsqnonlin

[Nir Krakauer]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Olaf Till <address@hidden> wrote:

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 03:01:14PM +0000, Nir Krakauer wrote:
> Also, what do you think about adding as a possible component of the project
> to benchmark the existing and new optimization functions

What do you mean by "existing and new"? I thought the project is now
decided not to create new algorithms?

There would be new functions, like lsq* -- not necessarily new algorithms

Have you looked at "optim_problems.m" in the optim package?

 It might be a good starting point for benchmarking. Looks like it has a dozen or so problems.

 

How should tests for interface limitations be performed?

Basically I was just thinking of a case where the existing interface doesn't allow the form of a given test-suite problem to be posed in Octave, which is something that would be discovered by going through the suite.