{"issue":{"state":"open","pull_request":{"diff_url":"https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/94.diff","html_url":"https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/94","patch_url":"https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/94.patch"},"milestone":null,"user":{"avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d17caae325d3ad95f633e7c76c417d68?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","gravatar_id":"d17caae325d3ad95f633e7c76c417d68","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dlaxalde","login":"dlaxalde","id":1046124},"assignee":null,"updated_at":"2011-10-31T20:30:48Z","labels":[],"comments":12,"closed_at":null,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/scipy/scipy/issues/94","body":"This is the first step of my [enhancement plan](https://github.com/dlaxalde/scipy/wiki/Improvements-to-optimize-package) for the optimization module. It concerns unconstrained minimization of multivariate functions.\r\n\r\nSummary of changes:\r\n- `minimize`: new wrapper called to replace `fmin`, `fmin_powell`, `fmin_bfgs`, `fmin_cg` and `fmin_ncg`;\r\n- `_minimize_{neldermead,powell,cg,ncg,bfgs}` functions: internal clones of the latter functions with standardized signature;\r\n- tests updated to cover both the new and old implementation;\r\n- deprecation of old functions.","html_url":"https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/94","title":"Enh: interface to unconstrained minimization algorithms for multivariate functions","number":94,"id":1997197,"created_at":"2011-10-19T18:53:58Z"},"action":"created","comment":{"user":{"avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3d3176cf99cae23d0ac119d1ea6c4d11?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","gravatar_id":"3d3176cf99cae23d0ac119d1ea6c4d11","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rgommers","login":"rgommers","id":98330},"updated_at":"2011-10-31T20:30:48Z","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/scipy/scipy/issues/comments/2582805","body":"Changes that addressed my other comments look good.","id":2582805,"created_at":"2011-10-31T20:30:48Z"}}