Parallel computing with "samin" function

[Jonathan Lalande]

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if it is possible to use a multicore processor with the 
samin function (simulated annealing minimization). I used to work with 
Matlab and the fmincon function who allow parallel processing, and it 
was indeed a lot faster than samin.

I'm looking at the "multicoredemo_octave.m" in the multicore package but 
I'm not quite sure if these functions can be used for that application.

Does anyone have an idea about where to begin? By the way, I'm using 
Octave 3.4.3 on either Windows 7 or Ubuntu 11.10...

Thank you,

Jonathan