Re: fmin_powell returns incorrect parameters for simple least-squares problem

Sara Fridovich-Keil <[email protected]>
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Hi,

I haven’t tested Powell on these (or have time to now unfortunately), but I did previously add a test bench of optimization problems in https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/14579 <https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/14579> if it’s useful.

Best,
Sara

> On Mar 6, 2023, at 4:17 AM, Matthew Brett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry to keep on at this one, but it is worrying me.
> 
> Do we have anyone reading or known to us who can give a fairly
> definitive answer to:
> 
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 10:01 PM Matthew Brett <[email protected]> wrote:
> [snip]
>> ?   Is it really true that the modification assists Powell in handling
>> long skinny valleys?   If so, does it work less well in other
>> situations? Has anyone compared the algorithms across a good range of
>> problems?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Matthew
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