[SciPy-Dev] optimize: add algorithm for global optimization basin hopping

[Jacob Stevenson]

I thought I would mention here on the mailing list that I redid the basin hopping global optimisation algorithm with a more advanced feature set.  There are now two versions basinhopping, and basinhopping_advanced.  I would be very interested which version people think is more appropriate for scipy.

Jake


On 11 Oct 2012, at 10:37, Sturla Molden wrote:

> On 11.10.2012 04:20, Till Stensitzki wrote:
>> As far as i can tell, simulated annealing is quite out of touch with more modern
>> optimization strategies.
> 
> In Bayesian statistics, Markov chain Monte Carlo is the standard 
> integration tool. If you want a peak or a root instead of the integral, 
> Metropolis-Hastings becomes simulated annealing.
> 
> Sturla
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