AN OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR COSMETIC FORMULATION - A NEW PRACTICAL APPROACH

The development of cosmetic formulae implies the use of many different raw materials. Without knowledge on their interactions, it is almost impossible to control the system exhaustively. We propose a global opt imization method, of the ''black box'' type, which allows us to determ ine through a very low number of trials, the area of formulae best cor responding to a set of criteria first defined by the user.