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

 Consult user guide and doxygen sourcehttp://www.gerad.ca/NOMAD/Abramson/nomadm.htmlhttp://www.gerad.ca/Charles.Audet/Publications/Recherche_directe-Direct_Search.htmlhttp://www.caam.rice.edu/~dennis/http://www.gerad.ca/Sebastien.Le.Digabel/page2/page2.htmlhttp://www.gerad.ca/NOMAD/Downloads/user_guide.pdfhttp://www.gerad.ca/nomad/doxygen/htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5


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2012-03:    NOMAD 3.5.1
                     - See user guide for correction
                       of minor bugs
2011-01:    NOMAD 3.5
                      - Quadratic Models
2010-05:    NOMAD 3.4
                      - Parallelism
2009-11:    NOMAD 3.3
                      - Categorical variables
2009-07:    NOMAD 3.2       
                       - Variable Neighborhood Search
                       - Installers Linux/Unix/Mac
                       - Help features
2009-02:    NOMAD 3.1       
                      - Biobjective optimization
                      - Periodic variables
                      - Groups of variables
2008-11:    NOMAD 3.0
                      - New architecture
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How to cite NOMAD  Download bib file
http://www.gerad.ca/NOMAD/Downloads/nomad.txtshapeimage_7_link_0