Optimal design of mechanisms with the use of matrices and least squares

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

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J. B. Rosen · Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · 1960 · 1.2K citations

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M. J. D. Powell · The Computer Journal · 1965 · 762 citations · Full text

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