Re: List of most highly used matlab functions.

[John W. Eaton]

On 29-Jul-2008, Jaroslav Hajek wrote:

| The reason is that special algorithms exist for 1d functions that
| perform reportedly better than the general N-d algorithms. I am
| already working on improving the optim toolbox.
| My aim is to have the 1d functions (fzero, fminbnd) as well as the
| equation solvers
| (fzero, lsqnonlin - these problems are actually very similar)
| implemented in core octave.
| I'm not yet sure whether to add a general optimization function like fmins.

OK.

What do you think about things like fmincon or fminunc?  It seems
reasonable to me to add these as wrappers around sqp.  I can add the
simple versions I wrote specifically for (at least limited)
compatibility.  Perhaps someone else can then improve them.

jwe