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017    
018    package org.apache.commons.math3.optimization;
019    
020    import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.MultivariateFunction;
021    
022    /**
023     * This interface represents an optimization algorithm for {@link MultivariateFunction
024     * scalar objective functions}.
025     * <p>Optimization algorithms find the input point set that either {@link GoalType
026     * maximize or minimize} an objective function.</p>
027     *
028     * @see MultivariateDifferentiableOptimizer
029     * @see MultivariateDifferentiableVectorOptimizer
030     * @version $Id: MultivariateOptimizer.java 1422230 2012-12-15 12:11:13Z erans $
031     * @deprecated As of 3.1 (to be removed in 4.0).
032     * @since 2.0
033     */
034    @Deprecated
035    public interface MultivariateOptimizer
036        extends BaseMultivariateOptimizer<MultivariateFunction> {}