[R] uniroot vs.optimize

[Don MacQueen]

Well, there is a difference between finding a root, and finding a 
minimum or a maximum. So you would use one or the other depending on 
which you need to do.

-Don


At 7:00 PM -0800 11/19/09, <rkevinburton at charter.net> wrote:
>I looked at the descriptions for uniroot and optimize and they are 
>somewhat different but the book reference is the same and I am 
>wondering if there are reasons to pick one over the other?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Kevin
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