Hi, Is anybody interested in Powell search algorithm ( http://www.ecs.fullerton.edu/~mathews/n2003/PowellMethodMod.html)? I couldn't find any PDL (or non-PDL) modules for that. So, I wrote a code for the routine. The subroutine powell() in the source code attached is similar to simplex() in PDL::Opt::Simplex. I also attach tpow.pl for testing. For simple functions, Powell's algorithm seems to converge faster. In general cases, I am not sure, though.
If it looks fine, perhaps one of the PDL people can upload it to CPAN. -- Best, InSuk Joung
Powell.pm
Description: Perl program
tpow.pl
Description: Perl program
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