1 NLopt is a library for nonlinear local and global optimization, for
2 functions with and without gradient information. It is designed as
3 as simple, unified interface and packaging of several free/open-source
4 nonlinear optimization libraries.
6 The latest version and a complete manual may be found at the NLopt
9 http://ab-initio.mit.edu/nlopt
11 It is compiled and installed with the standard GNU autoconf/automake
16 (See './configure --help' or the INSTALL file for other options.)
18 Once it is installed, #include <nlopt.h> in your C/C++ programs and
19 link it with -lnlopt -lm. You may need to use the C++ compiler to link
20 in order to include the C++ libraries (which are used internally by NLopt,
21 even though it has a C API).
23 The minimization function, nlopt_minimize, is described in the man
24 page (api/nlopt_minimize.3, which is installed by 'make install'.
26 Interfaces for other languages may be added in the future.