Nomad 4 User Guide
Warning
This user guide is specific to NOMAD 4.
NOMAD 3 is still available. It will be replaced by NOMAD 4 in the future.
Get NOMAD 3 and 4 at https://www.gerad.ca/nomad/.
NOMAD is a blackbox optimization software. A general presentation of NOMAD is given in Introduction.
New users of NOMAD should refer to
Using NOMAD
Starting from NOMAD usage, all users can find ways to tailor problem definition, algorithmic settings and software output.
Refer to Advanced functionalities and Tricks of the trade for specific problem solving.
Please cite NOMAD 4 with reference:
C. Audet, S. Le Digabel, V. Rochon Montplaisir, and C. Tribes. Algorithm 1027: NOMAD version 4: Nonlinear optimization with the MADS algorithm. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software Volume 48, Issue 3, Article No.: 35, pp 1–22 https://doi.org/10.1145/3544489
A complete introduction to derivative-free and blackbox optimization can be found in the textbook:
C. Audet and W. Hare. Derivative-Free and Blackbox Optimization. Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering. Springer International Publishing, Berlin, 2017.
Introduction:
Installation and tests: