[SciPy-User] Minimizing Monte Carlo simulation function

[Sturla Molden]

Matt Newville <newville at cars.uchicago.edu> wrote:

> I think no one would disagree that scipy.optimize needs more (and better)
> optimizers, but deprecating those that work poorly (anneal) when others
> that work better (basinhopping) are available seems sensible to me.

Which optimizer works better depends on the problem.

Simulated Annealing is a well known algorithm and it makes sence to keep
it, at least for reference.


Sturla