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Re: test release gsl-1.8.90.tar.gz
- From: Tim Fenn <fenn at stanford dot edu>
- To: Brian Gough <bjg at network-theory dot co dot uk>
- Cc: gsl-discuss at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:09:34 -0800
- Subject: Re: test release gsl-1.8.90.tar.gz
- References: <873b57h9dg.wl%bjg@network-theory.co.uk>
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 12:51:23PM +0000, Brian Gough wrote:
> I have made a test release for gsl-1.9.
>
> I have only tested it on GNU/Linux -- please report any problems you
> find in compiling it, running make check or against existing
> applications (it should be backwards compatible).
>
I've been testing the bfgs2 minimizer, and it works well until/if it
nears a point in which the interpolator stops progressing - I've
noticed there is a check against this in the linear_minimize code near
line 209:
if ((a-alpha)*fpa <= GSL_DBL_EPSILON) {
/* roundoff prevents progress */
};
perhaps there should be a break statement to prevent futile
iterations? Or use this as a stopping criteria test?
Regards,
Tim