A smoothing-out technique for min—max optimization

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

M. J. D. Powell · The Computer Journal · 1964 · 4.6K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Algorithms +9

Non-Linear Programming Via Penalty Functions

Willard I. Zangwill · Management Science · 1967 · 510 citations

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Algorithms +13

A Modification of Davidon's Minimization Method to Accept Difference Approximations of Derivatives

G. W. Stewart · Journal of the ACM · 1967 · 204 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Derivatives +15

An Algorithm for Minimax Solution of Overdetermined Systems of Non-linear Equations

Kristoffer H. Madsen · IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics · 1975 · 110 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Mathematics +12

Linearly constrained minimax optimization

Kaj Madsen, Hans Schjær-Jacobsen · Mathematical Programming · 1978 · 104 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Optimization +7