Use coordinate descent for continuous variables #128
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This draft PR implements coordinate search for continuous variables in place of the current random search.$C^1$ w.r.t. the continuous variables. Gradients are (momentarily) estimated via a simple finite difference method.
The objective function is assumed to be
The algorithm uses the Armijo line search criterion to determine the step size.
The following features should be implemented before marking for review.