Re: [math] Optimization API Question

2020-07-11 Thread Oscar Bastidas
Hello Gilles, That is a good question. I don't know. I read through the webpage Apache Commons Math has for the optimization APIs and everything there appeared to be an optimization (minimization or maximization) not for solving to hit a custom target "y" value. I will look at the specific

Re: [math] Optimization API Question

2020-07-11 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. Le sam. 11 juil. 2020 à 03:54, Oscar Bastidas a écrit : > > Would someone please tell me if the Optimization APIs in Apache Commons > Math can be used to solve a multi-variate equation (multiple xs, just one > y) for a specific value as Microsoft Excel's Solver can and if so, how that >

[math] Optimization API Question

2020-07-10 Thread Oscar Bastidas
Would someone please tell me if the Optimization APIs in Apache Commons Math can be used to solve a multi-variate equation (multiple xs, just one y) for a specific value as Microsoft Excel's Solver can and if so, how that would be implemented? In short, I don't want to solve my multi-variate