A blackbox optimization software
NOMAD
 
Blackbox Optimization occurs typically when the functions defining the optimization problem are evaluated through a computer code. NOMAD is a C++ software designed to solve problems of this class. The minimal requirement from the user is to provide the objective and constraints.
Relevant publications - Mark Abramson’s website - Charles Audet’s website - John Dennis’ website - Sébastien Le Digabel’s website Download the user guidehttp://www.gerad.ca/NOMAD/Abramson/nomadm.htmlhttp://www.gerad.ca/Charles.Audet/Publications/Recherche%20directe-Direct%20Search.htmlhttp://www.caam.rice.edu/~dennis/http://www.gerad.ca/Sebastien.Le.Digabel/page2/page2.htmlhttp://www.gerad.ca/NOMAD/Downloads/user_guide.pdfshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4
 
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November 2009 Messages Next release: Parallelism 2009-11-12: Release of Nomad 3.3    - Categorical variables 2009-07-08: Release of Nomad 3.2 - Variable Neighborhood Search - Installers Linux/Unix/Mac - Help features 2009-02-13: Release of Nomad 3.1 - Biobjective optimization - Periodic variables - Groups of variables 2008-11-21: Release of Nomad 3.0 - New architecture Feedback Please give us feedback on you usage of NOMAD, including new desired features and bug reports.