====== readme for minpack ======
Minpack includes software for solving nonlinear equations and nonlinear least squares problems. Five algorithmic paths each include a core subroutine and an easy-to-use driver. The algorithms proceed either from an analytic specification of the Jacobian matrix or directly from the problem functions. The paths include facilities for systems of equations with a banded Jacobian matrix, for least squares problems with a large amount of data, and for checking the consistency of the Jacobian matrix with the functions.
This directory contains the double-precision versions.
Jorge More', Burt Garbow, and Ken Hillstrom at Argonne National Laboratory.
====== C language readme for minpack ======
This is a C version of the minpack minimization package. It has been derived from the fortran code using f2c and some limited manual editing. Note that you need to link against libf2c to use this version of minpack. Extern "C" linkage permits the package routines to be called from C++. Check ftp://netlib.bell-labs.com/netlib/f2c for the latest f2c version. For general minpack info and test programs, see the accompanying readme.txt and http://www.netlib.org/minpack/.
Type make to compile and make install to install in /usr/local
or modify the makefile to suit your needs.
This software has been tested on a RedHat 7.3 Linux machine - usual 'use at your own risk' warnings apply.
Manolis Lourakis -- lourakis at ics forth gr, July 2002 Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Repackaging by Frederic Devernay -- frederic dot devernay at m4x dot org:
version 1.0.0 (24/04/2007):
- Added fortran and C examples
- Added documentation from Debian man pages
- Wrote pure C version
- Added covar() and covar_(), and use it in tlmdef/tlmdif
version 1.0.1 (17/12/2007):
- bug fix in covar() and covar_(), the computation of tolr caused a segfault (signaled by Timo Hartmann).
version 1.0.2 (27/02/2009):
- Added Xcode and Visual Studio project files
version 1.0.3 (18/03/2010):
- Added CMake support.
- XCode build is now Universal.
- Added tfdjac2_ and tfdjac2c examples, which test the accuracy of a finite-differences approximation of the Jacobian.
- Bug fix in tlmstr1 (signaled by Thomas Capricelli).
version 1.0.4 (18/10/2010):
- Support for shared library building using CMake, thanks to Goeffrey Biggs and Radu Bogdan Rusu from Willow Garage. Shared libraries can be enabled using cmake options, as in; cmake -DUSE_FPIC=ON -DSHARED_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF path_to_sources