Computational breakthrough achieved at long last. The issue (thanks
Sebastien) is that for NOMAD to work its magic all parameters
(`variables' to NOMAD) must be on the same `scale'. This was eluding
me as I was optimizing over bandwidths. This morning starting at 3:30
a.m. I tackled the problem again and realized that all could work
providing I operate on the level of the bandwidth. And voila.