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PRIMA is a package for solving general nonlinear optimization problems without using derivatives. It provides the reference implementation for Powell's derivative-free optimization methods, i.e., COBYLA, UOBYQA, NEWUOA, BOBYQA, and LINCOA. PRIMA means Reference Implementation for Powell's methods with Modernization and Amelioration, P for Powell.

18 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 3 stories, 15 comments · first 2023-04-21 · latest 2026-07-13

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    Prima has got a Python interface
    story by zaikunzhang · 2024-05-03 · 8 comments
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    PRIMA: Solving general nonlinear optimization problems without derivatives
    story by tosh · 2024-02-28 · 0 comments
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    Optimization Without Using Derivatives
    story by zaikunzhang · 2023-04-21 · 1 comment