Abstract: The Nelder-Mead simplex method is a well-known algorithm enabling the minimization of functions that are not available in closed-form and that need not be differentiable or convex.

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For the C implementation on GPUs (recommended for benchmarking), please visit the following repository: $$ \begin{array}{ll} \underset{x \in \mathbb{R}^n}{\min} \quad ...

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