On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 7:55 PM, JamesRyan(Ryan James)/E&P North
America Business Division <rja...@sk.com> wrote:
> I have a set of data, the production of oil from a well.  And an equation to 
> predict that forecast.
>
> The equation requires 5 input variables which are real numbers with upper and 
> lower bounds, 1 input variable which must be an integer and 1 input variable 
> which can be 1 of 2 string variables.
>
> What is the best optimization routine (I am using nlminb) to use in R to 
> determine the best set of inputs and how to I handle the integer and string 
> inputs when optimizing?
>
> I have attached a plot of what I am trying to accomplish as well as my sample 
> code.

If I understand correctly your problem, your equation is linear, and
you have continuous and integer variables (the string input can be
coded as a binary integer variable). Thus, you can use a package to
deal with mixed integer programming:

http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/12/mixed-integer-programming-in-r-with-the-ompr-package.html

Hope this helps you,

Paul

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