2. Direct one-variable methods
For these methods to be effective, the response function must be unimodal in the interval under study, i.e. it must present a single optimum. This is almost always the case, as the experimenter's control of the phenomenon generally places him/her in a restricted zone.
This is the simplest intuitive method. To find a maximum, for example, it proceeds as follows (figure 2)
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(2) - FLETCHER (R.) - Practical methods of optimization. - Unconstrained optimization, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, vol. 1 (1980).
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