To maximize a function numerically it not usual do not solve equations: it
is less efficient.
help.search("optimize")
will show you what is available for maximization.
Or see chapter 16 of MASS4.
On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Frank Johannes wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to maximize a liklihood function with mu
Hi,
I want to maximize a liklihood function with multiple parameters. There
is no closed-form analytical solution to the estimates of the
parameters, and I would like to implement a Newton-Raphson iterrative
approach. Is there a maximization procedure, such as the Newton-Raphson
algorithm, availabl
