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optimsimplex

R Port of the 'Scilab' Optimsimplex Module

v1.0-8 · Jan 28, 2022 · CeCILL-2

Description

Provides a building block for optimization algorithms based on a simplex. The 'optimsimplex' package may be used in the following optimization methods: the simplex method of Spendley et al. (1962) <doi:10.1080/00401706.1962.10490033>, the method of Nelder and Mead (1965) <doi:10.1093/comjnl/7.4.308>, Box's algorithm for constrained optimization (1965) <doi:10.1093/comjnl/8.1.42>, the multi-dimensional search by Torczon (1989) <https://www.cs.wm.edu/~va/research/thesis.pdf>, etc...

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re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
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--- re-building ‘manual.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
Could not fetch http://www.zotero.org/styles/springer-vancouver-brackets
HttpExceptionRequest Request {
  host                 = "www.zotero.org"
  port            
...[truncated]...
ng vignette 'manual.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
pandoc document conversion failed with error 61
--- failed re-building ‘manual.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘manual.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Reverse Dependencies (2)

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies optimbase neldermead scaRabee optimsimplex

Version History

new 1.0-8 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.0-8 ← 1.0-7 diff Jan 27, 2022
updated 1.0-7 ← 1.0-6 diff Feb 12, 2018
updated 1.0-6 ← 1.0-5 diff Jul 28, 2017
updated 1.0-5 ← 1.0-4 diff Feb 1, 2014
updated 1.0-4 ← 1.0-3 diff Oct 28, 2012
updated 1.0-3 ← 1.0-2 diff Mar 16, 2011
updated 1.0-2 ← 1.0-1 diff May 11, 2010
new 1.0 May 4, 2010
updated 1.0-1 ← 1.0 diff May 4, 2010