opt: Estimation via Optimization

In jeksterslabds/jeksterslabRdist: Jekster's Lab Distribution Utilities

Description

Estimates parameters from a given objective function using optimization.

Usage

opt(FUN, start_values, optim = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

FUN	Objective function.
start_values	A vector of starting values corresponding to the number of parameters to be estimated.
optim	Logical. If TRUE, the optim function is used. If FALSE, the nlminb function is used.
...	Additional arguments to be passed to the optimizer and arguments to be passed to the objective function.

Value

Returns the output of optim() or nlminb().

Author(s)

Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan

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