https://oscarsglobal.r-universe.devRecent package updates in oscarsglobalR-universehttps://github.com/oscarsglobal.pnghttps://oscarsglobal.r-universe.devFri, 05 Jun 2026 01:09:41 GMTchrisj.price@canterbury.ac.nz (Chris Price)A collection of general optimization routines based on variants of the One Side Cut Accelerated Random Search (OSCARS-II) algorithm (Price et al., 2020, <doi:10.1007/s10898-020-00928-6>). The main function , 'oscars()', performs black-box optimization of a general (including nonsmooth or discontinuous) function subject to simple bounds on the unknowns. If all bounds are finite, oscars searches globally. The main method implements a stochastic direct search method and is derivative free. Testing shows the OSCARS-II algorithm usually finds extrema in fewer function evaluations than similar global derivative-free methods.https://github.com/r-universe/oscarsglobal/actions/runs/26992781905Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:09:41 GMTOSCARS0.1.2successhttps://oscarsglobal.r-universe.devhttps://github.com/oscarsglobal/oscars