Unifying Optimization Algorithms to Aid Software System Users: optimx for R

R users can often solve optimization tasks easily using the tools in the optim function in the stats package provided by default on R installations. However, there are many other optimization and nonlinear modelling tools in R or in easily installed add-on packages. These present users with a bewild...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John C. Nash, Ravi Varadhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Open Access Statistics 2011-08-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Software
Subjects:
R
Online Access:http://www.jstatsoft.org/v43/i09/paper