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Journal article

PRAXIS: Brent’s algorithm for function minimization

Authors list: Gegenfurtner, K.R.

Publication year: 1992

Pages: 560-564

Journal: Behavior research methods, instruments & computers

Volume number: 24

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0743-3808

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203605

Publisher: Psychonomic Society Publ.

Abstract:
Implementations of Brent's (1973) PRincipal AXIS (PRAXIS) algorithm in the widely used C and PASCAL programming languages are presented The algorithm minimizes a multivariate function without using derivatives. An example computer program that calculates a maximum likelihood estimate of the parameters of a psychometric function illustrates the use of the routine. Another algorithm, Localmin, also due to Brent (1973), efficiently finds the minimum of a univariate function. An example program uses this algorithm to estimate the polychoric correlation coefficient from a p x q table of observed frequencies.

Authors/Editors

- Uni.-Prof. Ph.D. Karl Reiner Gegenfurtner, Ph.D.

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: Gegenfurtner, K. (1992) PRAXIS: Brent’s algorithm for function minimization, Behavior research methods, instruments & computers, 24(4), pp. 560-564. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203605

APA Citation style: Gegenfurtner, K. (1992). PRAXIS: Brent’s algorithm for function minimization. Behavior research methods, instruments & computers. 24(4), 560-564. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203605