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PDFO

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Arguments of Zhangzk

I am the one who created the article on en.wiki, zh.wiki, and de.wiki. However, different from being claimed, I did not create the fr.wiki article. Whoever created it, un grand merci. Unfortunately, the fr.wiki page has been lost due to a speedy deletion that is unjustifiable. It is a pity as the page was well edited.

First of all, thank Dr Zimbu for the efforts to maintain the high quality of Wikipedia, which I do appreciate.

The page should be kept. Here are the reasons.

  • This is not really a "software recently released". It does nothing but collecting Powell's original code (COBYLA, UOBYQA, NEWUOA, BOBYQA, LINCOA) into a user-friendly package. The code has existed for a long time with broad applications.
  • The cited reference "Decision Tree for Optimization Software" [1] is not just "a page listing it together with other analogous software" but an authoritative page maintained by a leading expert in computational optimization (Dr. Hans D. Mittelmann [2], Full Professor at School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University[3]) that makes recommendations about optimization software. See "Benchmarking Optimization Software - a (Hi)Story"[4] for more information. Anyone in related research areas should be clear about this. See also the list of Derivative-Free Optimization solvers maintained by Prof. S. Le Digabel [5], a leading expert in derivative-free optimization.
  • The software is cited in articles published in reputable journals,e.g., Journal of Global Optimization [6]. If deemed necessary, emails can be provided upon request in order to prove that more researchers/engineers are citing/using this software, but it cannot be done here since emails contain personal information.
  • The software has been proved useful to the research community, which can be inferred from the download statistics. See, e.g., PePy [7] and the download count recorded on PDFO homepage [8]. It is worth noting that PDFO is not a piece of software for daily activities like online shopping or distant meeting --- this software is for scientific research. There is a scientific research project behind each download, so 100 downloads are indeed a lot. Some online discussions about related algorithms actually link to this Wikipedia page [9].
  • The software has been covered in reputable third-party public media. For example, those who know Chinese may read the last section of The Optimized Life of a "Treasure Mathematician" [10]. Surely, this is not an article published in a newspaper or broadcasted in a radio program, but it seems that we are not anymore in the era that public media means only newspapers and radios. The information on Zhihu [11] and its homepage [12] show clearly that it is indeed a reputable and professional public media. These references are relevant since it is mentioned that PDFO has a zh.wiki page.

Thank you very much.

Opinions from Dr Zimbu

Article about a software recently released; the article does not show any notability but a link to a page listing it together with other analogous software. User created the same article on it.wiki, es.wiki, fr.wiki (in all three it has been deleted), zh.wiki and de.wiki.

The {{proposed deletion}} template was removed first by an IP editor, then put again by me (for which I apologize, I am not used to en.wiki's customs) and then removed again by the authorDr Zimbu (talk) 16:39, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Mittelmann, Hans D. "Decision Tree for Optimization Software". Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  2. ^ "Homepage of Prof. Dr. Hans D. Mittelmann". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  3. ^ "Arizona State University expertise finder database". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  4. ^ Template:Cite article
  5. ^ "Prof. S. Le Digabel's Derivative-Free Optimization (DFO) Course Website". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  6. ^ Xi, Min; Sun, Wenyu; Chen, Yannan; Sun, Hailin (2020). "A derivative-free algorithm for spherically constrained optimization". Journal of Global Optimization. 76: 841–861. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  7. ^ "PyPI Download Statistics by PePy". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  8. ^ "PDFO Download Count". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  9. ^ "More Descent, Less Gradient". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  10. ^ "专访: 宝藏数学家的优化人生 --- 知乎专栏「运筹OR帷幄」大数据时代的运筹学". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  11. ^ "知乎专栏「运筹OR帷幄」大数据时代的运筹学". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  12. ^ "运筹OR帷幄 机器之心". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
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