[R] Define lower-upper bound for parameters in Optim using Nelder-Mead method
Thomas Lumley
tlumley at uw.edu
Tue May 1 22:12:34 CEST 2012
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Arnaud Mosnier <a.mosnier at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear UseRs,
>
> Is there a way to define the lower-upper bounds for parameters fitted by
> optim using the Nelder-Mead method ?
>
It depends a bit on whether it's plausible that the solution is on the
boundary. If not, simply returning Inf for values outside the range
will work.
-thomas
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Thomas Lumley
Professor of Biostatistics
University of Auckland
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