Improving the convergence of Nelder-Mead (and so fminsearch) by Emile Simon

This highlights a (common) trick to improve the convergence of NM, and a problem within fminsearch. (optimization, neldermead, restart)

nmsmax(fun, x, stopit, savit, varargin)

BenchmarkXSquared.m

Linear Median Squared Error by Will Dwinnell

Linear median squared error function for linear functions (statistics, regression, linear regression)

LinearMedianSquaredError(B,X,Y)

State-machine simplex minimizer by Fred Sigworth

A simple minimizer of in-line coded functions, for teaching and experimentation. (optimization, neldermead, persistent variable)

[Pars, t]=Simplex(y, StartPars, Steps);