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Research article

Generalized Fibonacci Search Method in One-Dimensional Unconstrained Non-Linear Optimization

Chin Yoon Chong, Soo Kar Leow and Hong Seng Sim

https://doi.org/10.47836/pjst.29.2.17
KeywordsFibonacci-type, Generalized Fibonacci search, golden section
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Abstract

In this paper, we develop a generalized Fibonacci search method for one-dimensional unconstrained non-linear optimization of unimodal functions. This method uses the idea of the “ratio length of 1” from the golden section search. Our method takes successive lower Fibonacci numbers as the initial ratio and does not specify beforehand, the number of iterations to be used. We evaluated the method using Microsoft Excel with nine one-dimensional benchmark functions. We found that our generalized Fibonacci search method out-performed the golden section and other Fibonacci-type search methods such as the Fibonacci, Lucas and Pell approaches.
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