Optimisation without derivatives of function

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From: Srihari Kumar Gangaraj
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:25

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	I need help in finding the Global Minimum of a function of n variables
		f = f(x_i) i=1,n
the function f may not be smooth , so I cannot use the standard methods .
The Downhill Simplex Method (or Flexible Polyhedron) in Numerical methods
can give only a minimum and not the Global minimum ( of all the minimum it
picks the minimum neaarest to the guess value).
	Can someone tell if there is any book I can refer to  , or better
thing would be a fortran subroutine available at any of the ftp sites.
	Thank You.
				== Srihari
				  


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