?uniroot ?optim ?optimize and look at the Optimization and Mathematical Programming task view on CRAN.
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Aurélien Philippot <aurelien.philip...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear R experts, > > I want to use numerical methods to solve a complex problem. Here is a very > simple example that gives an idea of what I would like to do. This example > could be solved by hand, but I am interested in finding a numerical > solution in R. > > Let's say that I have the following equation: > > Maxx (-2x^2+ Cx)=1 > > I want to numerically solve for C. Of course I could use the first order > condition with respect to x on the left hand side, and find the value of x > that maximizes the function x-> -2x^2+ Cx, (as a function of C), and then > solve for C. > > But, let's assume that my left hand side is much more complex and I want to > avoid using the first order condition. So, I would need to use some > numerical techniques directly. > > Is there a procedure that could be implemented in R? > > Thank you very much for any suggestion! > > Aurelien > > [[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. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. 538...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ 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.
