optimization >> Optimization
Minimization
 minimize
 nelder_mead_min
 d2_min
 nrm
 fmin
 line_min
 powell
 fmins adsmax mdsmax nmsmax
 bfgsmin samin battery
 fminsearch
 cg_min
 de_min
 nonlin_min
Data fitting
 expfit
 wpolyfit
 leasqr
 nonlin_residmin
 nonlin_curvefit
 LinearRegression
Optimization statistics
 residmin_stat
 curvefit_stat
Zero finding
 vfzero
Compatibility
 fminunc_compat
 optimset_compat
 quadprog= try Yinyu Ye's <a href="http://dollar.biz.uiowa.edu/col/ye/matlab.html">code</a>
 linprog
Numerical derivatives
 dfdp dcdp dfpdp dfxpdp cdiff deriv
 numgradient numhessian jacobs cauchy
Pivoting
 cpiv_bard
 gjp
Tests
  test_min_1 test_min_2 test_min_3 test_min_4
  test_d2_min_1 test_d2_min_2 test_d2_min_3
  test_nelder_mead_min_1 test_nelder_mead_min_2
  poly_2_ex test_minimize_1
  optim_problems
Examples
 bfgsmin_example
 rosenbrock
 samin_example