<s>
MINPACK	B-Application
is	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
subroutines	O
for	O
the	O
solving	O
of	O
systems	O
of	O
nonlinear	O
equations	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
least-squares	B-Algorithm
minimization	O
of	O
the	O
residual	O
of	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
linear	O
or	O
nonlinear	O
equations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MINPACK	B-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
similar	O
libraries	O
such	O
as	O
LINPACK	B-Application
and	O
EISPACK	B-Application
,	O
originated	O
from	O
the	O
Mathematics	O
and	O
Computer	O
Science	O
Division	O
Software	O
(	O
MCS	O
)	O
of	O
Argonne	O
National	O
Laboratory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
by	O
Jorge	O
Moré	O
,	O
Burt	O
Garbow	O
,	O
and	O
Ken	O
Hillstrom	O
,	O
MINPACK	B-Application
is	O
free	O
and	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
highly	O
portable	B-Architecture
,	O
robust	O
and	O
reliable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
quality	O
of	O
its	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Levenberg	B-Algorithm
–	I-Algorithm
Marquardt	I-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
is	O
attested	O
by	O
Dennis	O
and	O
Schnabel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
paths	O
include	O
facilities	O
for	O
systems	O
of	O
equations	O
with	O
a	O
banded	B-Algorithm
Jacobian	O
matrix	O
,	O
for	O
least-squares	B-Algorithm
problems	I-Algorithm
with	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
checking	O
the	O
consistency	O
of	O
the	O
Jacobian	O
matrix	O
with	O
the	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
