I am having the same problem as one Rebecca Sela(see bellow).
On 21/12/2007 12:07 AM, Rebecca Sela wrote: >* I am trying to optimize a likelihood function using NLMINB. After running >without a problem for quite a few iterations (enough that my intermediate >output extends further than I can scroll back), it tries a vector of parameter >values NaN. This has happened with multiple Monte Carlo datasets, and a few >different (but very similar) likelihood functions. (They are complicated, but >I can send them to someone if desired.)* Instead I try to use optim() for my optimization needs but it fails when finding the 0/0: " Error in optim(c(phi[, k]), maxphi, lower = 0.01, upper = 0.99, method = "L-BFGS-B") : L-BFGS-B needs finite values of 'fn' In addition: There were 50 or more warnings (use warnings() to see the first 50) " Any suggestions? Harlan Campbell McGIll University [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.