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A Simulation Test Approach to the Evaluation of Nonlinear Optimization Algorithms

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          cover image ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
          ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software  Volume 3, Issue 4
          Dec. 1977
          108 pages
          ISSN:0098-3500
          EISSN:1557-7295
          DOI:10.1145/355759
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