[R] MLE maximum number of parameters

[Roger D. Peng]

It really depends on how well-behaved your objective function is, but I've been 
able to fit a few models with 10--15 parameters.  But I felt like I was 
stretching the limit there.

-roger

Federico Calboli wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to know, is there a *ballpark* figure for how many  
> parameters the minimisation routines can cope with?
> 
> I'm asking because I was asked if I knew.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Federico
> 
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