Easy Hyperparameter Search Using Optunity

TL;DR

Optunity is a user-friendly, flexible, and open-source Python package that simplifies hyperparameter optimization across various machine learning environments with multiple optimization algorithms.

Contribution

It introduces a versatile hyperparameter optimization toolkit with easy integration, supporting diverse solvers and multiple programming environments.

Findings

Supports various optimization algorithms including evolutionary and particle swarm methods.

Designed for ease of use, flexibility, and interoperability.

Open-source and freely available online.

Abstract

Optunity is a free software package dedicated to hyperparameter optimization. It contains various types of solvers, ranging from undirected methods to direct search, particle swarm and evolutionary optimization. The design focuses on ease of use, flexibility, code clarity and interoperability with existing software in all machine learning environments. Optunity is written in Python and contains interfaces to environments such as R and MATLAB. Optunity uses a BSD license and is freely available online at http://www.optunity.net.