optim() in a case it is not designed for
>> (one-dimensional optimization): see the note on its help page. I think this
>> could easily be changed, but as HoltWinters is contributed code I am Cc:ing
>> the author for comment.
>>
>> On Fri, 16 May 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] w
Full_Name: John Bodley
Version: 2.5.1 (2007-06-27)
OS: Windows XP
Submission from: (NULL) (12.144.182.66)
I was fitting a number of time series in R using the stats::HoltWinters method
to define a single exponential smoothing model, i.e., beta = gamma = 0.
I came across an example where the