My vote was not directed toward the technical merits of the optimization package. I am not an expert on optimization and I trust you in this regard. My vote was a comment on the usability of the API. I find it to be increasing difficult to use.
Maybe I have missed some refactoring, but why all of the depreicated classes like On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org>wrote: > You have done a pretty good job in making the optimization package >>> non-sensical to user. >>> >> >> +1 >> >> > Check your facts ("svn log", JIRA, this ML), please: All modifications > were done in plain sight, and responded to identified problems which > I cared to solve. > I do not deny that it could have raised issues for cases which I did > not foresee. But all the requests for clearly defined > use-cases, > benchmarks, > actual (i.e. working) code examples, > have been met with unhelpful "do it yourself" statements.[1] > > Whatever we try here, including going somewhat in the direction you > suggested for singling out algorithms aimed at solving a (non-linear) > "leastsquares" problem:[2] > > http://markmail.org/message/**nkceta2cskpgbkug<http://markmail.org/message/nkceta2cskpgbkug> > raises unsubstantiated criticism that never[3] translated into > _practical_ advice[4] on how to improve the code. > > > Gilles > > [1] What _I_ observed and used led me to try out what I think are > improvements. I you think otherwise, _you_ have to get your hands > dirty too. > [2] Except that, at this point, it makes more sense for me, as a user, > to put it under (model) "fitting" rather than "optim", for the > reason I gave previously. > [3] And that means: NEVER. > [4] That is: an alternative Java code that compiles, runs and produces > correct answers. > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscribe@commons.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >