mystic: a simple model-independent inversion framework http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mmckerns/software.html # Version 0.1a2: 05/15/09 # Highlights Primarily a bugfix and documentation release. Solvers: - Differential Evolution (x2) - Nelder-Mead Simplex - Powell's Directional Search Method 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) 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 Documentation: - User's Guide with tutorials - online Reference Manual --- Mike McKerns California Institute of Technology http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mmckerns