Is this the actual problem that you are trying to optimize, i.e. optimize a function with respect to a scalar unknown parameter?
If so, just use "optimize" and specify the search interval for the algorithm as [0,1]. Ravi. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Ravi Varadhan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, The Center on Aging and Health Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology Johns Hopkins University Ph: (410) 502-2619 Fax: (410) 614-9625 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webpage: http://www.jhsph.edu/agingandhealth/People/Faculty/Varadhan.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jiang Peng Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 6:28 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] optimization problem Dear list, hi ! I am a R beginner and I have a function to optimize . alpha = argmin{ f(x,alpha) } I want alpha to be in [0,1]. Is there any function that can work? I use nlm() but i can't fix the domain of alpha. thanks in advance _______________________ Jiang Peng, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Mathematics & Antai college of Economics and Management Shanghai Jiao Tong University Address: Room 127, #3 Building, Xuhui Campus E-mail: jp021 at sjtu.edu.cn jp021 at 126.com MSN: jp021 at hotmail.com iChat: mathfrog at mac.com Mobile: +86-138 168 780 95 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
