Has anyone tried plugging KSP into global opt. algorithms?

[Reddeyfish]

Before I try to do this on my own, has anyone tried plugging KSP orbital paths/burns into black-box optimization algorithms (i.e. Simulated Annealing, Coordinate Descent)?

(i.e. optimize the lowest kerbin periapse while in a duna orbit within the next 5 in-game years. The result would hopefully detect and use multiple moon gravity assists)

(I have found one research report here [URL]http://ccar.colorado.edu/asen5050/projects/projects_2014/Nikkel_Jonathan/index.html[/URL] (which became a web app for transfer planning [URL]http://ksp.olex.biz/[/URL]) which mentions the use of grid search (machine learning), but appears to be only exhaustive search). Edited November 24, 2015 by Reddeyfish

[Boris-Barboris]

Of course, [URL="http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/36476"]KSP TOT[/URL] is the mainstream tool. And there's nothing wrong with exhaustive searches.