spotdesirability 0.1.1

spotdesirability - a Python package for desirability

spotdesirability

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spotdesirability is a Python implementation of the R package desirability, which provides S3 classes for multivariate optimization using the desirability function by Derringer and Suich (1980).

Installation

Installation can be done with pip:

pip install spotdesirability

or uv:

uv install spotdesirability

Alternatively, you can clone the repository and install it manually.

Documentation

The documentation is available at: https://sequential-parameter-optimization.github.io/spotdesirability/

Citation

@misc{bartz25a,
      title={Multi-Objective Optimization and Hyperparameter Tuning With Desirability Functions}, 
      author={Thomas Bartz-Beielstein},
      year={2025},
      eprint={2503.23595},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={math.OC},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23595}, 
}

References

Desirability functions

• Derringer, G., and Suich, R. Simultaneous optimization of several response variables. Journal of Quality Technology 12 (1980), 214–219.

The R desirability package

• The R desirability package is maintained and developed by Max Kuhn. It is is available on CRAN: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=desirability, DOI: https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.desirability