UseRs, I used the optim function
valor.optim <- optim(c(1,1,1),logexp1,method ="BFGS",control=list(fnscale=-1),hessian=T); and I want to calculate the derivates, psi1<-valor.optim$par[1] psi2<-valor.optim$par[2] psi3<-valor.optim$par[3] a0=exp(psi1); a1=exp(psi2)/(20+exp(psi2)+exp(psi3)); a2=exp(psi3)/(20+exp(psi2)+exp(psi3)) deriv.psi1<-numericDeriv(a0,c("psi1","psi2","psi3")); deriv.psi2<-numericDeriv(a1,c("psi1","psi2","psi3")); deriv.psi3<-numericDeriv(a2,c("psi1","psi2","psi3")); but I found, > deriv.psi1<-numericDeriv(a0,c("psi1","psi2","psi3")); > deriv.psi1 [1] 0.038384 attr(,"gradient") [,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 0 0 0 > deriv.psi2<-numericDeriv(a1,c("psi1","psi2","psi3")); > deriv.psi2 [1] 0.05754 attr(,"gradient") [,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 0 0 0 deriv.psi3<-numericDeriv(a2,c("psi1","psi2","psi3")); > deriv.psi3 [1] 0.93315 attr(,"gradient") [,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 0 0 0 The derivates are zero. Why? ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help