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NOMAD 4 official release.

NOMAD 4 is available as open-source code, under the LGPL license. Compilation on MacOS and Linux is done using cmake. The code has not been compiled on Windows.

We are looking forward for user feedback.
For more information, reach out to nomad@gerad.ca.

The doc is available here https://nomad-4-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/v.4.0.2/

New in Release 4.0:

  • Secondary Poll center
  • Speculative Search as in NOMAD 3
  • Sort on direction of last success
  • Latin hypercube may be used when X0 is not provided
  • Updated parameter names
  • User guide

Features already available in NOMAD 4, Beta 2:

  • Quadratic Model Search (QUAD_MODEL_SEARCH)
  • Groups of variables (VARIABLE_GROUP)
  • Direction types (DIRECTION_TYPE)
  • Sort evaluation queue before evaluating points; randomize point evaluation
  • PSD-Mads
  • Additional statistics, HISTORY_FILE, SOLUTION_FILE
  • Compilation using CMake
  • Parameter USE_CACHE

Features already available in NOMAD 4, Beta 1:

  • Parameter syntax for parameter file is the same as in NOMAD 3
  • Search implementations: Nelder Mead, Speculative, Latin Hypercube, SgtelibModel
  • Usage of library Sgtelib
  • Management of PB (progressive barrier) and EB (extreme barrier) constraints
  • Python interface
  • Callbacks
  • Block evaluations
  • Evaluations are done in parallel, using OpenMP
  • Hot restart: See parameter HOT_RESTART_ON_USER_INTERRUPT
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