From: Torsten Hennig on
> On 10-05-03 3:54 PM, Bruno Luong wrote:
> > Even it becomes more or less daily, I'm still
> despaired to observe
> > people trying to calculate 14 unknown parameters
> from one input, and
> > they wonder next why the tool does not do a miracle
> for them.
> >
> > Bruno
>
> You're right, these Matlab functions were not the
> right tool. I had to
> use KNITRO instead of just Matlab. With the proper
> constraints, I was
> able to achieve convergence.
>
> Nicholas

I hope you had more than 14 output values to adjust
your parameters ...

Best wishes
Torsten.
From: Nicholas Kinar on

> I hope you had more than 14 output values to adjust
> your parameters ...
>
> Best wishes
> Torsten.

I believe that this is also the principle behind the Nelder-Mead
algorithm and other associated techniques. Is there a theoretical
reason for this? Could someone suggest a reference?

That's a really interesting observation. Thanks Torsten.