Accession Number:

AD0781782

Title:

A Guide to Search Procedures for Unconstrained Function Minimization Problems,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CALIF ENGINEERING SCIENCE OPERATIONS

Personal Author(s):

• Sorenson,H. W.

Report Date:

1973-12-21

Pagination or Media Count:

69.0

Abstract:

The report presents a statement and brief discussion of a number of numerical search procedures that have been proposed for finding the minimum of a nonlinear function of n variables. Both direct search and gradient search methods are presented. Modified author abstract

Descriptors:

• *Functions(Mathematics)
• *NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING
• Search theory
• Matrices(Mathematics)
• Optimization

Subject Categories:

• Operations Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE