[ANN] OpenOpt 0.27 (optimization), FuncDesigner 0.17 (auto differentiation)

Hi all, I'm glad to inform you about release of OpenOpt 0.27 (numerical optimization framework), FuncDesigner 0.17 (CAS with automatic differentiation, convenient modelling of linear/nonlinear functions, can use convenient modelling for some OpenOpt optimization problems and systems of linear/nonlinear equations, possibly sparse or overdetermined), DerApproximator 0.17 (finite-differences derivatives approximation, get or check user-supplied). These packages are written in Python language + NumPy; license BSD allows to use it in both free and closed-code soft See changelog for details: http://openopt.org/Changelog Regards, D.