Condor Optimizer

CONDOR: a constrained, non-linear, derivative-free optimizer for continuous, high computing load, no

Description

CONDOR is a new optimizer whose aim is to find the minimum x* of an objective function F(x) (x is a vector whose dimension is between 1 and 150) using the least number of function evaluations of F(x). It is assumed that the dominant computing cost of the optimization process is the time needed to evaluate the objective function F(x) (One evaluation can range from 1 seconds to 2 days).

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 5.3 (R11)
• Other requirements: this package contains a windows mex-file thus windows is required.

[John D'Errico]

Very disappointing. The author provides only a precompiled code. This means that only users on the target system/release can use this code, nor can other users even recompile the code for their own systems.

http://matlabwiki.mathworks.com/File_Exchange_Submission_Guidelines#Requirements_for_All_File_Exchange_Submissions

[Scott Miller]

While John's review is a little harsh, I assume that leaving the source out was merely an oversight, since the author has made the CONDOR C++ code available in his thesis - I wouldn't want an author to feel discouraged from submission. John was kind enough to provide a link to the requirements so the author can see what is needed - I've been using this site every day for a couple of years and this is the first time I have heard of such a document.

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[John D'Errico]

I'll concede that I possibly was too harsh for what is potentially a useful tool, but I will happily upgrade my review as appropriate. Until then, I can't use this tool on my system, nor even scan through the code to decide if it might have any value. I hope the author will correct the omission.