Milestone mystic-0.1a1

Initial alpha release.

Highlights

Solvers:

• Differential Evolution (x2)
• Nelder-Mead Simplex
• Powell's Directional Search Method

API:

• solvers share a common interface
• solvers can be called as a unique function or using API
• solvers with built-in optimization control handlers
• configurable solvers can be bound or unbound
• configurable solvers have user-provided or random initial points
• configurable termination conditions
• configurable mutation strategies (for DE solver)

Tools:

• configurable 2-variable monitors
• wrap function with counter or bounds
• cost-function generator
• standard set of optimization test models
• set of example scripts for test cases

Documentation:

• minimal User's Guide with tutorials
• online  Reference Manual

Issues

A list of resolved issues is  here.