A new random search procedure is described which, while conceptually simple and easily programmed on a minicomputer, is effective in searching for global minima of a multimodal function, with or without constraints. The procedure is compared with a global optimisation algorithm devised by Becker and Lago and the results of trials, using a variety of test problems, are given.
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W. L. Price (1977) studied this question.