[vtk-developers] minimization: vtkFunctionMinimizer

[David Gobbi]

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Miller, James V (Research) wrote:

> Why are you thinking of putting it into the Hybrid directory? Shouldn't
> it be in Common so that filters in Graphics and Imaging could use it?

The only reason I have for putting it in Hybrid is that it is just a
first crack at doing general-purpose minimization in VTK and I don't
want to put it in 'Common' unless the core VTK developers (mainly the
Kitware folks) feel that it belongs there.  It's much safer to move
a class from Hybrid to Common than vice-versa, in terms of possible
code breakage.

 - David


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gobbi [mailto:dgobbi at irus.rri.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 3:57 PM
> To: vtk-developers at public.kitware.com
> Subject: [vtk-developers] minimization: vtkFunctionMinimizer
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> We've had a VTK simplex (i.e. amoeba) optimization class kicking
> around for a couple years, and just recently we replaced the old
> Numerical Recipes amoeba code with some free code.
>
> The way it works is that you set a function (C++, Python, Tcl),
> specify initial parameter ranges, and tell it to minimize the
> function.
>
> If there is enough interest, I'll commit it to the Hybrid directory.
> Unfortunately much of the old C code doesn't follow VTK coding
> conventions, so I'll have to spend a fair bit of time reformatting
> and changing variable names before I can commit it.
>
>  - David
>
> --
>   David Gobbi, MSc                       dgobbi at irus.rri.ca
>   Advanced Imaging Research Group
>   Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario
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