Many of the functions in the 2-D Optimization Applications file have discretized, rank, or category variables. Explore optimization and convergence determination techniques on them. How will you rate...

Many of the functions in the 2-D Optimization Applications file have discretized, rank, or category variables. Explore optimization and convergence determination techniques on them. How will you rate optimizer or convergence criterion performance? Design experiments to acquire appropriate performance data and use it to reveal why one choice is better than others.