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 can be done with pip:
pip install spotdesirability
or uv:
uv install spotdesirability
Alternatively, you can clone the repository and install it manually.
The documentation is available at: https://sequential-parameter-optimization.github.io/spotdesirability/
@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},
}- Derringer, G., and Suich, R. Simultaneous optimization of several response variables. Journal of Quality Technology 12 (1980), 214–219.
- The
Rdesirabilitypackage 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