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**di**viding **rect*angles, and the algorithms that stem from it. **di**viding **rect**angles, and the algorithms that stem from it.
for a description and history of these methods, please refer to for a description and history of these methods, please refer to
["The DIRECT algorithm: 25 years Later."](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10898-020-00952-6) ["The DIRECT algorithm: 25 years Later."](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10898-020-00952-6)
i don't plan on implementing the original DIRECT algorithm itself, i don't plan on implementing the original DIRECT algorithm itself,
but i've heard through the grapevine that but i've heard through the grapevine that
[scipy](https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/optimize.html) [scipy](https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/optimize.html#global-optimization)
is getting its own DIRECT implementation soon. is getting its own DIRECT implementation soon.
`birect.py` is a modification of DIRECT that divides hyper-rectangles `birect.py` is a modification of DIRECT that divides hyper-rectangles
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but it is simpler to implement, specially when K is fixed to a constant. but it is simpler to implement, specially when K is fixed to a constant.
curiously, SOO is not covered in the aforementioned article, so please refer to curiously, SOO is not covered in the aforementioned article, so please refer to
["Optimistic Optimization of a Deterministic Function ["Optimistic Optimization of a Deterministic Function
without the Knowledge of its Smoothness"](https://team.inria.fr/sequel/software/soo/) without the Knowledge of its Smoothness."](https://team.inria.fr/sequel/software/soo/)