### ensmallen 2.16.2: "Severely Dented Can Of Polyurethane"
###### 2021-03-24
 * Fix CNE test trials
   ([#267](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/267)).

 * Update Catch2 to 2.13.4
   ([#268](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/268)).

 * Fix typos in documentation
   ([#270](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/270),
    [#271](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/271)).

 * Add clarifying comments in problems/ implementations
   ([#276](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/276)).

### ensmallen 2.16.1: "Severely Dented Can Of Polyurethane"
###### 2021-03-02
 * Fix test compilation issue when `ENS_USE_OPENMP` is set
   ([#255](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/255)).

 * Fix CNE initial population generation to use normal distribution
   ([#258](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/258)).

 * Fix compilation warnings
   ([#259](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/259)).

 * Remove `AdamSchafferFunctionN2Test` test from Adam test suite to prevent
   spurious issue on some aarch64 ([#265](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/259)).

### ensmallen 2.16.0: "Severely Dented Can Of Polyurethane"
###### 2021-02-11
 * Expand README with example installation and add simple example program
   showing usage of the L-BFGS optimizer
   ([#248](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/248)).

 * Refactor tests to increase stability and reduce random errors
   ([#249](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/249)).

### ensmallen 2.15.1: "Why Can't I Manage To Grow Any Plants?"
###### 2020-11-05
 * Fix include order to ensure traits is loaded before reports
   ([#239](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/239)).

### ensmallen 2.15.0: "Why Can't I Manage To Grow Any Plants?"
###### 2020-11-01
 * Make a few tests more robust
   ([#228](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/228)).

 * Add release date to version information. ([#226](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/226))

 * Fix typo in release script
   ([#236](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/236)).

### ensmallen 2.14.2: "No Direction Home"
###### 2020-08-31
 * Fix implementation of fonesca fleming problem function f1 and f2
   type usage and negative signs. ([#223](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/223))

### ensmallen 2.14.1: "No Direction Home"
###### 2020-08-19
 * Fix release script (remove hardcoded information, trim leading whitespaces
   introduced by `wc -l` in MacOS)
    ([#216](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/216),
     [#220](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/220)).

 * Adjust tolerance for AugLagrangian convergence based on element type
   ([#217](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/217)).

### ensmallen 2.14.0: "No Direction Home"
###### 2020-08-10
 * Add NSGA2 optimizer for multi-objective functions
    ([#149](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/149)).

 * Update automatic website update release script
   ([#207](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/207)).

 * Clarify and fix documentation for constrained optimizers
   ([#201](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/201)).

 * Fix L-BFGS convergence when starting from a minimum
   ([#201](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/201)).

* Add optimizer summary report callback
   ([#213](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/213)).

### ensmallen 2.13.0: "Automatically Automated Automation"
###### 2020-07-15
 * Fix CMake package export
    ([#198](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/198)).

 * Allow early stop callback to accept a lambda function
   ([#165](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/165)).

### ensmallen 2.12.1: "Stir Crazy"
###### 2020-04-20
 * Fix total number of epochs and time estimation for ProgressBar callback
    ([#181](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/181)).

 * Handle SpSubview_col and SpSubview_row in Armadillo 9.870
    ([#194](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/194)).

 * Minor documentation fixes
    ([#197](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/197)).

### ensmallen 2.12.0: "Stir Crazy"
###### 2020-03-28
 * Correction in the formulation of sigma in CMA-ES
    ([#183](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/183)).

 * Remove deprecated methods from PrimalDualSolver implementation
    ([#185](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/185).

 * Update logo ([#186](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/186)).

### ensmallen 2.11.5: "The Poster Session Is Full"
###### 2020-03-11
  * Change "mathematical optimization" term to "numerical optimization" in the
    documentation ([#177](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/177)).

### ensmallen 2.11.4: "The Poster Session Is Full"
###### 2020-03-03
  * Require new HISTORY.md entry for each PR.
    ([#171](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/171),
     [#172](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/172),
     [#175](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/175)).

  * Update/fix example documentation
    ([#174](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/174)).

### ensmallen 2.11.3: "The Poster Session Is Full"
###### 2020-02-19
  * Prevent spurious compiler warnings
    ([#161](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/161)).

  * Fix minor memory leaks
    ([#167](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/167)).

  * Revamp CMake configuration
    ([#152](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/152)).

### ensmallen 2.11.2: "The Poster Session Is Full"
###### 2020-01-16
  * Allow callback instantiation for SGD based optimizer
    ([#138](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/155)).

  * Minor test stability fixes on i386
    ([#156](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/156)).

  * Fix Lookahead MaxIterations() check.
    ([#159](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/159)).

### ensmallen 2.11.1: "The Poster Session Is Full"
###### 2019-12-28
  * Fix Lookahead Synchronization period type
    ([#153](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/153)).

### ensmallen 2.11.0: "The Poster Session Is Full"
###### 2019-12-24
  * Add Lookahead
    ([#138](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/138)).

  * Add AdaBound and AMSBound
    ([#137](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/137)).

### ensmallen 2.10.5: "Fried Chicken"
###### 2019-12-13
  * SGD callback test 32-bit safety (big number)
    ([#143](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/143)).

  * Use "arbitrary" and "separable" terms in static function type checks
    ([#145](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/145)).

  * Remove 'using namespace std' from `problems/` files
    ([#147](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/147)).

### ensmallen 2.10.4: "Fried Chicken"
###### 2019-11-18
  * Add optional tests building.
    ([#141](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/141)).

  * Make code samples collapsible in the documentation.
    ([#140](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/140)).

### ensmallen 2.10.3: "Fried Chicken"
###### 2019-09-26
  * Fix ParallelSGD runtime bug.
    ([#135](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/135)).

  * Add additional L-BFGS convergence check
    ([#136](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/136)).

### ensmallen 2.10.2: "Fried Chicken"
###### 2019-09-11
  * Add release script to rel/ for maintainers
    ([#128](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/128)).

  * Fix Armadillo version check
    ([#133](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/133)).

### ensmallen 2.10.1: "Fried Chicken"
###### 2019-09-10
  * Documentation fix for callbacks
    ([#129](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/129).

  * Compatibility fixes for ensmallen 1.x
    ([#131](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/131)).

### ensmallen 2.10.0: "Fried Chicken"
###### 2019-09-07
  * All `Optimize()` functions now take any matrix type; so, e.g., `arma::fmat`
    or `arma::sp_mat` can be used for optimization.  See the documentation for
    more details ([#113](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/113),
    [#119](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/119)).

  * Introduce callback support.  Callbacks can be appended as the last arguments
    of an `Optimize()` call, and can perform custom behavior at different points
    during the optimization.  See the documentation for more details
    ([#119](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/119)).

  * Slight speedups for `FrankWolfe` optimizer
    ([#127](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/127)).

### ensmallen 1.16.2: "Loud Alarm Clock"
###### 2019-08-12
  * Fix PSO return type bug
    ([#126](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/126)).

### ensmallen 1.16.1: "Loud Alarm Clock"
###### 2019-08-11
  * Update HISTORY.md to use Markdown links to the PR and add release names.

  * Fix PSO return type bug
    ([#124](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/124)).

### ensmallen 1.16.0: "Loud Alarm Clock"
###### 2019-08-09
  * Add option to avoid computing exact objective at the end of the optimization
    ([#109](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/109)).

  * Fix handling of curvature for BigBatchSGD
    ([#118](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/118)).

  * Reduce runtime of tests
    ([#118](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/118)).

  * Introduce local-best particle swarm optimization, `LBestPSO`, for
    unconstrained optimization problems
    ([#86](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/86)).

### ensmallen 1.15.1: "Wrong Side Of The Road"
###### 2019-05-22
  * Fix `-Wreorder` in `qhadam` warning
    ([#115](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/115)).

  * Fix `-Wunused-private-field` warning in `spsa`
    ([#115](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/115)).

  * Add more warning output for gcc/clang
    ([#116](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/116)).

### ensmallen 1.15.0: "Wrong Side Of The Road"
###### 2019-05-14
  * Added QHAdam and QHSGD optimizers
    ([#81](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/81)).

### ensmallen 1.14.4: "Difficult Crimp"
###### 2019-05-12
  * Fixes for BigBatchSGD ([#91](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/91)).

### ensmallen 1.14.3: "Difficult Crimp"
###### 2019-05-06
  * Handle `eig_sym()` failures correctly
    ([#100](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/100)).

### ensmallen 1.14.2: "Difficult Crimp"
###### 2019-03-14
  * SPSA test tolerance fix
    ([#97](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/97)).

  * Minor documentation fixes (#95, #98).

  * Fix newlines at end of file
    ([#92](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/92)).

### ensmallen 1.14.1: "Difficult Crimp"
###### 2019-03-09
  * Fixes for SPSA ([#87](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/87)).

  * Optimized CNE and DE ([#90](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/90)).
    Changed initial population generation in CNE to be a normal distribution
    about the given starting point, which should accelerate convergence.

### ensmallen 1.14.0: "Difficult Crimp"
###### 2019-02-20
  * Add DE optimizer ([#77](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/77)).

  * Fix for Cholesky decomposition in CMAES
    ([#83](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/83)).

### ensmallen 1.13.2: "Coronavirus Invasion"
###### 2019-02-18
 * Minor documentation fixes ([#82](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/82)).

### ensmallen 1.13.1: "Coronavirus Invasion"
###### 2019-01-24
 * Fix -Wreorder warning ([#75](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/75)).

### ensmallen 1.13.0: "Coronavirus Invasion"
###### 2019-01-14
 * Enhance options for AugLagrangian optimizer
   ([#66](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/66)).

 * Add SPSA optimizer ([#69](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/69)).

### ensmallen 1.12.2: "New Year's Party"
###### 2019-01-05
 * Fix list of contributors.

### ensmallen 1.12.1: "New Year's Party"
###### 2019-01-03
 * Make sure all files end with newlines.

### ensmallen 1.12.0: "New Year's Party"
###### 2018-12-30
 * Add link to ensmallen PDF to README.md.

 * Minor documentation fixes.  Remove too-verbose documentation from source for
   each optimizer ([#61](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/61)).

 * Add FTML optimizer ([#48](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/48)).

 * Add SWATS optimizer ([#42](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/42)).

 * Add Padam optimizer ([#46](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/46)).

 * Add Eve optimizer ([#45](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/45)).

 * Add ResetPolicy() to SGD-like optimizers
   ([#60](https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen/pull/60)).

### ensmallen 1.11.1: "Jet Lag"
###### 2018-11-29
 * Minor documentation fixes.

### ensmallen 1.11.0: "Jet Lag"
###### 2018-11-28
 * Add WNGrad optimizer.

 * Fix header name in documentation samples.

### ensmallen 1.10.1: "Corporate Catabolism"
###### 2018-11-16
 * Fixes for GridSearch optimizer.

 * Include documentation with release.

### ensmallen 1.10.0: "Corporate Catabolism"
###### 2018-10-20
 * Initial release.

 * Includes the ported optimization framework from mlpack
   (http://www.mlpack.org/).
