What global minimization/maximization algorithms do you use?

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This site seems to compare various global optimization methods on different test problems (with visualization of “energy landscape”).

Global Optimization Benchmarks
– Global Optimization Benchmarks — Global Optimization Benchmarks 0.1.0 documentation

• The list of methods compared
• Overall results
• Test problem (GKLS)
• Test problem (GlobOpt)

Also some blog posts about Python global optimization packages.

Comparing Python Global Optimization Packages

HumpDay: A Package to Help You Choose a Python Global Optimizer