Welcome to the Merlin / MCL Home Page


Wizard Picture Merlin is an integrated environment designed to solve nonlinear optimization problems with box constraints. It is devised to be easy-to-use, and implemented so as to be portable among different platforms. It features its own programming language that aids the development of complex optimization strategies.
NEW PANMIN: Sequential and parallel global optimization procedures with a variety of options for the local strategy.
NEW Latest Merlin version is 3.1.4 (updated Oct 2017)

 * What is Merlin ? An introduction
 * What is MCL ? An introduction
 * Software and documentation
 * Got a question, problem or suggestion ?
 * People

 * Who was Merlin ? Read about the Arthurian legend
 * Developers Repository

Contact us
Comments on the Merlin pages are always welcome: jimmy@nrt.cs.uoi.gr