Package pswarm: Information
Binary package: pswarm
Version: 1.5-alt10
Architecture: x86_64
Build time: Aug 12, 2012, 05:23 PM
Source package: pswarm
Category: Sciences/Mathematics
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Home page: http://www.norg.uminho.pt/aivaz/pswarm/
License: LGPL v2.1
Summary: Global optimization solver for bound and linear constrained problems
Description:
PSwarm is a global optimization solver for bound and linear constrained problems (for which the derivatives of the objective function are unavailable, inaccurate or expensive). The algorithm combines pattern search and particle swarm. Basically, it applies a directional direct search in the poll step (coordinate search in the pure simple bounds case) and particle swarm in the search step. PSwarm makes no use of derivative information of the objective function. It has been shown to be efficient and robust for smooth and nonsmooth problems, both in serial and in parallel. The code provides an interface with Python and R. The C code includes a parallel version using MPI. PSwarm can also be run through the NEOS server (under the Global Optimization category). You can use PSwarm with Python problems using the OpenOpt framework.
Maintainer: Eugeny A. Rostovtsev
Last changed
Aug. 12, 2012 Eugeny A. Rostovtsev 1.5-alt10
- Built with OpenBLAS instead of GotoBLAS2
June 25, 2012 Eugeny A. Rostovtsev 1.5-alt9
- Rebuilt with OpenMPI 1.6
Dec. 14, 2011 Eugeny A. Rostovtsev 1.5-alt8
- Fixed RPATH