How to decide if I need global optimization

I am performing some non-linear least-squares curve fitting. I came across global optimization tools and I am wondering if I should always use that. Is there something I should check before resorting to these advanced methods?

Thanks.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67342057/how-to-decide-if-i-need-global-optimization May 01, 2021 at 09:07AM