ALIENOR AND TWONE - A COMPARATIVE-STUDY

Compares two methods (Alienor and Twone) for solving numerically globa l optimization problems involving continuous functions defined on boun ded and connected subsets of R-2. The Alienor method is about 12 years old, whereas Twone's is only 12 months old. Considers that Twone is t he generalization of the Alienor method. These methods are determinist ic and use a reducing transformation allowing expression of two variab les as a function of one variable.