local_min_rc, a C code which seeks a local minimum of a scalar function of a scalar variable, without requiring derivatives, or assuming the function is differentiable, using reverse communication (RC), by Richard Brent.
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local_min_rc is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.
asa047, a C code which minimizes a scalar function of several variables using the Nelder-Mead algorithm.
backtrack_binary_rc, a C code which carries out a backtrack search for a set of binary decisions, using reverse communication (RC).
bisection_rc, a C code which demonstrates the simple bisection method for solving a scalar nonlinear equation in a change of sign interval, using reverse communication (RC).
brent, a C code which contains routines for finding zeroes or minima of a scalar function of a scalar variable, without the use of derivative information, including a reverse communication (RC) option, by Richard Brent.
cg_rc, a C code which implements the conjugate gradient (CG) method for solving a positive definite sparse linear system A*x=b, using reverse communication (RC).
compass_search, a C code which seeks the minimizer of a scalar function of several variables using compass search, a direct search algorithm that does not use derivatives.
praxis, a C code which minimizes a scalar function of several variables.
root_rc, a C code which seeks a solution of a scalar nonlinear equation f(x) = 0, or a system of nonlinear equations, using reverse communication (RC), by Gaston Gonnet.
roots_rc, a C code which seeks a solution of a system of nonlinear equations f(x) = 0, using reverse communication (RC), by Gaston Gonnet.
sort_rc, a C code which can sort a list of any kind of objects, using reverse communication (RC).
test_min, a C code which implements test problems for minimization of a scalar function of a scalar variable.
toms178, a C code which optimizes a scalar functional of multiple variables using the Hooke-Jeeves method.
zero_rc, a C code which seeks solutions of a scalar nonlinear equation f(x) = 0, using reverse communication (RC).
Original FORTRAN77 version by Richard Brent; C version by John Burkardt.