There are several optimization techniques available in PROC NLMIXED. You can choose a particular optimizer with the TECH=name option in the PROC NLMIXED statement. No algorithm for optimizing general ...
See "Nonlinear Optimization and Related Subroutines" for a listing of all NLP subroutines. See Chapter 11, "Nonlinear Optimization Examples," for a description of the inputs to and outputs of all NLP ...
SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 22, No. 5 (Oct., 1985), pp. 821-850 (30 pages) We consider the problem of minimizing a smooth function of n variables subject to m smooth equality constraints.