mystic-0.2a1

[Michael McKerns]

mystic: a simple model-independent inversion framework

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mmckerns/software.html


# Version
0.2a1: 05/22/10

# Highlights
First alpha version for second minor release.
Extending optimizers to parallel and distributed computing.

Solvers:
  - Differential Evolution (x2)
  - Nelder-Mead Simplex
  - Powell's Directional Search Method
  - Pseudo-global Scattershot
  - Pseudo-global Batch Grid

API:
  - solvers share a common interface
  - solvers can be called as a unique function or using API
  - solvers with built-in optimization control handlers
  - configurable solvers can be bound or unbound
  - configurable solvers have user-provided or random initial points
  - configurable termination conditions
  - configurable mutation strategies (for DE solver)
  - parallel mapping of optimization jobs
  - distributed parallel mapping of optimization jobs
  - parallel multiprocess mapping of optimization jobs
  - launching with job schedulers

Tools:
  - configurable 2-variable monitors
  - wrap function with counter or bounds
  - cost-function generator
  - standard set of optimization test models
  - set of example scripts for test cases
  - math tools

Documentation:
  - User's Guide with tutorials
  - online Reference Manual

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Mike McKerns
California Institute of Technology
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mmckerns