A Comparison of Techniques to Determine the Mode of a Unimodal Function.
Abstract
The search for an optimal solution of many problems often makes it necessary to determine the extremum of a unimodal function. The paper presents a numerical technique for finding the zeroes of the slope function and then, with execution time as a criterion, evaluates the technique against three of the more widely used techniques, the cubic and quadratic curve fitting methods and the secant method. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0715660
Entities
People
- Denton Tarbert
- George S. Dawkins