Brook Milligan wrote:
This leads me to a general question about the library under discussion and the bit that I have been working on. Does it make sense to factor out the Brent's algorithm code and add it with mine into a new optimization library, or is it preferable to integrate my algorithms into the larger library? Given the early stage of development of optimization within the current library (compared. for example, with the diversity of statistical and mathematical functions), which is the best pathway to follow?
Personally, I'm happy with either :-) Re: maximising vs minimising, a lot of this can be accumplished by mixing Boost.Lambda with a simple minimiser. Another option is to submit an enhanced version of the existing code: to an extent that's what I'm doing already with Hubert Holin's existing special functions. John. PS: I'm changing the subject line: might attract more attention if folks know what's being discussed :-)