iterator: Minimization of a fitting function.

In stremo: Functions to help the process of learning structural equation modelling

Description

Function passed to an optimizer to minimize a fitting function.

Usage

iterator(pars, model, sigma, matrep, fun = "fml")

Arguments

pars	Estimates of the free parameters.
model	A lavaanified model.
sigma	Population covariance matrix.
matrep	Model skeleton, as given by matrix.representation.
fun	Fitting function to be minimized.

Details

This function is used inside fit.nlminb and passed as an argument to nlminb.

Value

Value of the statistics to be minimized given a set of parameter estimates.

See Also

fit.nlminb, nlminb, fml, and fgls.

stremo documentation built on Jan. 15, 2017, 7:33 p.m.