maximize: Maximization of a function

In micsr: Microeconometrics with R

Maximization of a function

Description

This function provides a unified interface to three optimization algorithms: the BFGS algorithm provided by stats::optim, the Newton-Ralphson algorithm provided by stats::nlm and a simple Newton-Ralphson algorithm provided by micsr::newton

Usage

maximize(
  x,
  start,
  method = c("bfgs", "nr", "newton"),
  trace = 0,
  maxit = 100,
  ...
)

Arguments

x	the function to maximize
start	a vector of starting values
method	the optimization method
trace	if positive or true, some information about the computation is printed
maxit	maximum number of iterations
...	further arguments, passed to the function

Value

a numeric vector, the parameters at the optimum of the function.

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