Dear list, 

 

I am using optim() function to MLE ~55 parameters, but it is very slow to converge (~ 25 min), whereas I can do the same in ~1 sec. using ADMB, and ~10 sec using MS EXCEL Solver.

Are there any tricks to speed up?

Are there better optimization functions? 

 

Thanks

 

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