FindMinimum -- MaxIterations
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- Subject: [mg53294] FindMinimum -- MaxIterations
- From: "Alan" <info at optioncity.REMOVETHIS.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 03:14:18 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Consider running FindMinimum with an objective function with N > 1 parameters. I count the number of times the objective function is evaluated prior to convergence (or early termination) --- let's call this count C. The default value for MaxIterations is 100. Leave all parameters at the defaults. My question is: how large will C get before 100 iterations occur? In other words, exactly what is an "iteration" under the defaults? Experience with N say, in the range 3 to 9, suggests that C is larger than 100 N, but other than that, I have no clue. Thanks in advance, alan