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M. J. D. Powell

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Publications

70

Citations

21.9K

H-Index

44

Active since

1961

Affiliations

University of Cambridge(Current)

Research Complex at Harwell

Atomic Energy (Canada)

M. J. D. Powell is an author at University of Cambridge specializing in engineering, numerical analysis, and approximation theory.

Top concepts

EngineeringApproximation TheoryNumerical AnalysisMathematical ProgrammingInverse ProblemsComputer ScienceNonlinear ProgrammingComputational GeometryLinear ProgrammingConvex Optimization

Publications per year

1961–2012

70

Publications

70

A Rapidly Convergent Descent Method for Minimization

R. Fletcher, M. J. D. Powell · The Computer Journal · 1963 · 4.6K citations · Full text

Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Programming, Several Variables +14

An efficient method for finding the minimum of a function of several variables without calculating derivatives

M. J. D. Powell · The Computer Journal · 1964 · 4.5K citations

Mathematical Programming, Numerical Analysis, Several Variables +15

Nonlinear Programming--Sequential Unconstrained Minimization Techniques

M. J. D. Powell · The Computer Journal · 1969 · 1.8K citations

Mathematical Programming, Minimization Techniques, Engineering +5

Restart procedures for the conjugate gradient method

M. J. D. Powell · Mathematical Programming · 1977 · 1.7K citations

Numerical Analysis, Continuous Optimization, Pde-constrained Optimization +3

The BOBYQA algorithm for bound constrained optimization without derivatives

M. J. D. Powell · 2009 · 1.1K citations

Mathematical Programming, Numerical Analysis, Large-scale Global Optimization +13

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