/// <summary>
/// Stores data and performs the optimization.
/// The list of parameters is open-ended so that sub-classes can extend it
/// with arguments specific to their concrete implementations.
/// When the method is called multiple times, instance data is overwritten
/// only when actually present in the list of arguments: when not specified,
/// data set in a previous call is retained(and thus is optional in
/// subsequent calls).
/// Important note: Subclasses must override
/// <see cref="ParseOptimizationData"/> if they need to register
/// their own options; but then, they must also call
/// base.ParseOptimizationData(optData) within that method.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="optData">
/// This method will register the following data:
/// <list>
/// <item><see cref="MaxEval"/></item>
/// <item><see cref="MaxIter"/></item>
/// </list>
/// </param>
/// <returns>a point/value pair that satisfies the convergence criteria.</returns>
public T Optimize(params IOptimizationData[] optData)
{
// Parse options.
ParseOptimizationData(optData);
// Reset counters.
evaluations.ResetCount();
iterations.ResetCount();
// Perform optimization.
return(DoOptimize());
}
