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• TITLE: An Efficient Pattern Search Method

  AUTHORS: Xiaoli Zhang, Qinghua Zhou, Yue Wang

  KEYWORDS: Unconstrained Optimization; Derivative-Free Optimization; Pattern Search Methods; Positive Bases

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Vol.1 No.4, November 14, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Pattern search algorithms is one of most frequently used methods which were designed to solve the derivative-free optimization problems. Such methods get growing need with the development of science, engineering, economy and so on. Inspired by the idea of Hooke and Jeeves, we introduced an integer m in the algorithm which controls the number of steps of iteration update. We mean along the descent direction to allow the algorithm togo ahead m steps at most to explore whether we can get better solution further. The experiment proved the strategy’s efficiency.