\name{fibsearch} \alias{fibsearch} \title{ Fibonacci Search } \description{ Fibonacci search for function minimum. } \usage{ fibsearch(f, a, b, ..., endp = FALSE, tol = .Machine$double.eps^(1/2)) } \arguments{ \item{f}{Function or its name as a string.} \item{a, b}{endpoints of the interval} \item{endp}{logical; shall the endpoints be considered as possible minima?} \item{tol}{absolute tolerance; default \code{eps^(1/2)}.} \item{...}{Additional arguments to be passed to f.} } \details{ Fibonacci search for a univariate function minimum in a bounded interval. } \value{ Return a list with components \code{xmin}, \code{fmin}, the function value at the minimum, \code{niter}, the number of iterations done, and the estimated precision \code{estim.prec} } \seealso{ \code{\link{uniroot}} } \examples{ f <- function(x) x * cos(0.1*exp(x)) * sin(0.1*pi*exp(x)) fibsearch(f, 0, 4, tol=10^-10) # $xmin = 3.24848329403424 optimize(f, c(0,4), tol=10^-10) # $minimum = 3.24848328971188 } \keyword{ optimize }