Optimization techniques with Fortran
by James L. Kuester · first published 1973
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…IMSL library routines, written - in Fortran - back in the 1960's. Why? Because that code was extensively tested and was deemed trustworthy. And even better - just went to my bookshelves and found it: "Optimization Techniques With Fortran" - James L. Kuester, Joe H. Mize, McGraw-Hill, 1973, ISBN 0-07-035606-8. It's just an awesome book - it's 9inches by 11 inches, 500 pages chock full of detailed explanations of many of the state-of-the-art…
on “Fortran adds conditional expressions” ↗…high quality. But often it's laughably bad, in a way that an AI algorithm should detect. For example, you see at https://www.amazon.com/Optimization-Techniques-Fortran-Kuester-1973-06-01/dp/B01A64AHLQ Optimization Techniques With Fortran by J. Kuester (1973-06-01) Paperback – January 1, 1656 by J. Kuester (Author) The title, obviously, is "Optimization Techniques with Fortran". Fortran is old, but the book was not written in 1656. Unmentioned…
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