Simplex optimization is one of the simplest algorithms available to train a neural network. Understanding how simplex optimization works, and how it compares to the more commonly used back-propagation ...

See "Nonlinear Optimization and Related Subroutines" for a listing of all NLP subroutines. See Chapter 11, "Nonlinear Optimization Examples," for a description of the inputs to and outputs of all NLP ...

There are three groups of optimization techniques available in PROC NLP. A particular optimizer can be selected with the TECH=name option in the PROC NLP statement. Since no single optimization ...