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Evolution and Optimum Seeking

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Theoretical Results 167<br />

Oettli, 1962). For these conditions the number of required iterations <strong>and</strong> rate of convergence<br />

cannot be stated in general. The same is true for the methods of Khachiyan (1979)<br />

<strong>and</strong> Karmarkar (1984). In the following chapters a short summary is attempted of the<br />

convergence properties of non-linear optimization methods in the unconstrained case (hill<br />

climbing methods).<br />

6.2.1 Proofs of Convergence<br />

A proof of convergence of an iterative method will aim to show that a sequence of iteration<br />

points x (k) tends monotonically with the index k towards the point x 0 which is sought:<br />

or<br />

lim<br />

k!1 kx(k) ; x 0 k!0<br />

kx (k) ; x 0 k " " 0 for K(") k

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