[jira] Commented: (MATH-428) Simplify "DirectSearchOptimizer"

["Luc Maisonobe (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Luc Maisonobe commented on MATH-428:
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This seems fine to me. Do you intend to also add the Viriginia Torczon's multidirectional method ?


> Simplify "DirectSearchOptimizer"
> --------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MATH-428
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-428
>             Project: Commons Math
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Gilles
>            Assignee: Gilles
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 3.0
>
>         Attachments: opt_direct.tar.gz
>
>
> This issue refers to classes in package {{optimization.direct}}.
> Currently the class {{NelderMead}} inherits from {{DirectSearchOptimizer}}. However the method {{doOptimize}} is implemented in {{DirectSearchOptimizer}}. This is backwards from the intended design (where an "optimizer" is defined as a class that implements a specific algorithm within {{doOptimize}}). According to this "terminology", {{DirectSearchOptimizer}} is the optimizer whereas {{NelderMead}} could be considered as a specific way to construct a simplex. Indeed, that's what seems intended since it overrides the abstract method {{iterateSimplex}}.
> I suggest to create 2 classes that will make it clear the separation between the "optimizer" and the "simplex manager".

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