[R] Help needed please

[R. Michael Weylandt]

Look at ?optim and example(optim)

Michael

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Jaymin Shah <jayminshah1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I was wondering how to make a function which minimises  a vector (a,b,c,d).
>
> I have an equation ( for simplicity) say its 5 -(3a+4b+6c+8d) and i want to make this equation as small as possible. Thus need to find the values for a b c and d for which this happens.
>
> I know there is a function in r which does minimisation but how could i make the function to input it into this function.
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> Thanks
>
> Jaymin
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