feat(async): add run_async to every algorithm in the catalog

Async coverage was incomplete in 0.7 (only RandomSearch and
DifferentialEvolution had run_async). 0.8 closes the gap: every one
of the 33 algorithms now exposes
run_async(&problem, concurrency).await, gated on the async feature.

- Population-based algorithms fan out per-generation evaluations
  through evaluate_batch_async with concurrency-bounded
  FuturesOrdered chunks.
- Steady-state algorithms (HillClimber, SimulatedAnnealing,
  OnePlusOneEs, Paes, NelderMead) await each step sequentially;
  they accept the concurrency parameter for API uniformity.
- TabuSearch fans out the K-neighbor batch each step.
- Surrogate algorithms (BayesianOpt, Tpe) batch the initial design
  and await per-iteration acquisitions sequentially so the surrogate
  can update between picks.
- Hyperband uses a new AsyncPartialProblem trait (mirroring
  PartialProblem for multi-fidelity workloads) and a parallel
  evaluate_batch_at_budget_async helper; each Successive-Halving
  rung fans out its budgeted evaluations.

All paths preserve seeded determinism: RNG draws happen on the main
task in the same order as the sync path, and only the evaluations
are concurrent.

Adds a dedicated cookbook recipe at docs/book/src/cookbook/async.md
with a worked example (DifferentialEvolution under tokio) and
guidance on picking concurrency. Cross-references in SUMMARY.md
and cookbook.md are updated to surface the new recipe.

The follow-up docs commit reconciles the rest of the user guide
and README to describe the new feature; this commit is the bare
async surface.
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@@ -295,6 +295,161 @@ fn better(a: &Evaluation, b: &Evaluation, direction: Direction) -> bool {
compare(a, b, direction) == std::cmp::Ordering::Less
}
#[cfg(feature = "async")]
impl NelderMead {
/// Async version of [`Optimizer::run`] — drives evaluations through
/// the user-chosen async runtime. Available only with the `async`
/// feature.
///
/// `concurrency` is largely inert here because Nelder-Mead
/// evaluates one or two new vertices per iteration sequentially
/// (the next decision depends on the previous evaluation); it's
/// accepted for API parity with other algorithms.
pub async fn run_async<P>(
&mut self,
problem: &P,
concurrency: usize,
) -> OptimizationResult<Vec<f64>>
where
P: crate::core::async_problem::AsyncProblem<Decision = Vec<f64>>,
{
let _ = concurrency;
assert!(
self.config.reflection > 0.0,
"NelderMead reflection must be > 0"
);
assert!(
self.config.expansion > 1.0,
"NelderMead expansion must be > 1",
);
assert!(
self.config.contraction > 0.0 && self.config.contraction < 1.0,
"NelderMead contraction must be in (0, 1)",
);
assert!(
self.config.shrinkage > 0.0 && self.config.shrinkage < 1.0,
"NelderMead shrinkage must be in (0, 1)",
);
assert!(
self.config.initial_step > 0.0,
"NelderMead initial_step must be > 0",
);
let objectives = problem.objectives();
assert!(
objectives.is_single_objective(),
"NelderMead requires exactly one objective",
);
let direction = objectives.objectives[0].direction;
let n = self.bounds.bounds.len();
let mut vertices: Vec<Vec<f64>> = Vec::with_capacity(n + 1);
let start: Vec<f64> = self
.bounds
.bounds
.iter()
.map(|&(lo, hi)| 0.5 * (lo + hi))
.collect();
vertices.push(start.clone());
for j in 0..n {
let mut v = start.clone();
let (lo, hi) = self.bounds.bounds[j];
let step = self.config.initial_step.min(0.5 * (hi - lo));
v[j] = (v[j] + step).clamp(lo, hi);
vertices.push(v);
}
let mut evals: Vec<Evaluation> = Vec::with_capacity(vertices.len());
for v in &vertices {
evals.push(problem.evaluate_async(v).await);
}
let mut evaluations = evals.len();
for _ in 0..self.config.iterations {
let mut order: Vec<usize> = (0..vertices.len()).collect();
order.sort_by(|&a, &b| compare(&evals[a], &evals[b], direction));
let best_idx = order[0];
let worst_idx = order[order.len() - 1];
let second_worst_idx = order[order.len() - 2];
let mut centroid = vec![0.0_f64; n];
for &idx in &order[..order.len() - 1] {
for j in 0..n {
centroid[j] += vertices[idx][j];
}
}
for c in centroid.iter_mut() {
*c /= (order.len() - 1) as f64;
}
let reflected = self.reflect(&centroid, &vertices[worst_idx], self.config.reflection);
let r_eval = problem.evaluate_async(&reflected).await;
evaluations += 1;
if better(&r_eval, &evals[best_idx], direction) {
let expanded = self.reflect(&centroid, &vertices[worst_idx], self.config.expansion);
let e_eval = problem.evaluate_async(&expanded).await;
evaluations += 1;
if better(&e_eval, &r_eval, direction) {
vertices[worst_idx] = expanded;
evals[worst_idx] = e_eval;
} else {
vertices[worst_idx] = reflected;
evals[worst_idx] = r_eval;
}
} else if better(&r_eval, &evals[second_worst_idx], direction) {
vertices[worst_idx] = reflected;
evals[worst_idx] = r_eval;
} else {
let contraction_target = if better(&r_eval, &evals[worst_idx], direction) {
self.contract(&centroid, &reflected, self.config.contraction)
} else {
self.contract(&centroid, &vertices[worst_idx], self.config.contraction)
};
let c_eval = problem.evaluate_async(&contraction_target).await;
evaluations += 1;
if better(&c_eval, &evals[worst_idx], direction) {
vertices[worst_idx] = contraction_target;
evals[worst_idx] = c_eval;
} else {
let best_pt = vertices[best_idx].clone();
for &idx in &order {
if idx == best_idx {
continue;
}
#[allow(clippy::needless_range_loop)]
for j in 0..n {
vertices[idx][j] = best_pt[j]
+ self.config.shrinkage * (vertices[idx][j] - best_pt[j]);
}
for (j, x) in vertices[idx].iter_mut().enumerate() {
let (lo, hi) = self.bounds.bounds[j];
*x = x.clamp(lo, hi);
}
evals[idx] = problem.evaluate_async(&vertices[idx]).await;
evaluations += 1;
}
}
}
}
let mut best_idx = 0;
for i in 1..vertices.len() {
if better(&evals[i], &evals[best_idx], direction) {
best_idx = i;
}
}
let best = Candidate::new(vertices[best_idx].clone(), evals[best_idx].clone());
let population = Population::new(vec![best.clone()]);
let front = vec![best.clone()];
OptimizationResult::new(
population,
front,
Some(best),
evaluations,
self.config.iterations,
)
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;