Derivative Free Optimization Methods

Flagot, Yohannes (2012) Derivative Free Optimization Methods. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

Let be a continuous function on, and suppose is a smooth nonlinear function. Such functions arise in many applications, and very often minimizers are points at whichis not differentiable. Of particular interest is the case where the gradient and the Hessian cannot be computed for any . I present a practical, robust algorithm to locally minimize such functions, based on model sampling or search. No derivatives information is required by the algorithm

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions: Africana
Depositing User: Selom Ghislain
Date Deposited: 31 Oct 2018 09:43
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2018 09:43
URI: http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7223

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