Background I'm trying to optimize a set of 7 parameters which are the core configuration of some external engine (specifically Solr parameters). I already have an optimization function which grades the results.
The idea was to use Nelder Mead because the derivative is unknown and there are probably few local optimums.
The problem is that the parameters must be real numbers and Nelder-Mead creates fractions.
My questions:
1) Is there a known way to overcome this problem?
2) Are there different optimizations I can use which address my problem?
Thanks ahead