Hi there,

This is still work in progress, but it is to a point where it is
probably usable for someone.

I'm developing a mini-framework within the Optimization Solver code that
allows you to develop a new optimizer algorithm without building the
entire OO.o source code.  You don't even need to build the entire
scsolver module where the Solver source code lives.

I've started writing documentation here:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Optimization_Solver#Optimizer_Development_mini-Framework

This effort has started as a need for one individual - who wishes to
contribute his non-linear optimization code - to integrate his code into
the Solver module.  Unfortunately, he doesn't have time and desire to
read and understand the entire Solver code due to his busy schedule, so
I've decided to develop this mini-framework primarily motivated by his
need.  I've invited him to join this mailing list, but let's see if he
is interested. :-)

The current limitations are:

  * It is limited to for non-linear optimizer only, but extending it to
cover linear optimizer will be considered if there is a need.
  * It does not currently handle general constraint model, where each
constraint consists of f(x) >= [constant] form.  But support for this
type of constraint will be included in the future.

Thanks,
Kohei

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Kohei Yoshida - OpenOffice.org Engineer - Novell, Inc.
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