Surely that reinforces my point? That what matters isn't the stopping rule but your evaluation budget? If you can afford 100 evaluations, do 100 evaluations.

Surely that reinforces my point? That what matters isn't the stopping rule but your evaluation budget? If you can afford 100 evaluations, do 100 evaluations. Pick any stopping rule based on the objective function and I can construct you a scenario that either has you spending a long time on the wrong side of it, or stopping prematurely. Might as well have predictable behavior.