Re: [Rd] [R] How to improve the "OPTIM" results

2008-04-06 Thread Spencer Graves
Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Kurt Hornik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: >>> >>> On 6 April 2008 at 08:37, Spencer Graves wrote: >>> | >>> [...] >>> | However, the comment from Hans Borchers (below) raises

Re: [Rd] [R] How to improve the "OPTIM" results

2008-04-06 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Kurt Hornik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: > > > On 6 April 2008 at 08:37, Spencer Graves wrote: > > | > > [...] > > | However, the comment from Hans Borchers (below) raises a related > > | question: What might be the best way t

Re: [Rd] [R] How to improve the "OPTIM" results

2008-04-06 Thread Kurt Hornik
> Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: > On 6 April 2008 at 08:37, Spencer Graves wrote: > | > [...] > | However, the comment from Hans Borchers (below) raises a related > | question: What might be the best way to build a collaboration with > | existing optimization initiatives, possibly makin

Re: [Rd] [R] How to improve the "OPTIM" results

2008-04-06 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 6 April 2008 at 08:37, Spencer Graves wrote: | [...] | However, the comment from Hans Borchers (below) raises a related | question: What might be the best way to build a collaboration with | existing optimization initiatives, possibly making R a platform of | choice for making it ea

Re: [Rd] [R] How to improve the "OPTIM" results

2008-04-06 Thread Spencer Graves
What would people suggest someone do to improve the optimization capabilities in R? A few ideas are mentioned below. I just got 578 hits from RSiteSearch("optimization", "fun"), and I wonder if there's a better way to get a reasonable overview of what's currently available in R -- an

Re: [Rd] Matrix multiplication in a C code

2008-04-06 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Sun, 6 Apr 2008, Mathieu Ribatet wrote: >Dear list members, > > I've got a small question on matrix multiplications in a C code. Because > of a really cpu demanding likelihood, I had to use a C code within an R > function wrapper. I'm pretty sure that there is already one good code > for ma

[Rd] Matrix multiplication in a C code

2008-04-06 Thread Mathieu Ribatet
Dear list members, I've got a small question on matrix multiplications in a C code. Because of a really cpu demanding likelihood, I had to use a C code within an R function wrapper. I'm pretty sure that there is already one good code for matrix multiplication in C - maybe in the R source co

[Rd] manual 'Writing R Extensions': bug in example

2008-04-06 Thread Simon Anders
Hi, I would like to report a small bug in one of the code examples given in the 'Writing R extensions' manual. Section 5.9.2 ("Calling .External") defines the function "showArgs" in order to demonstrate how to access in C the pair-listed arguments passed by .External. The function aims at prin

Re: [Rd] optim: why is REPORT not used in SANN?

2008-04-06 Thread Thomas Petzoldt
Martin Maechler wrote: >> "TP" == Thomas Petzoldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:50:55 +0100 writes: > > TP> Hello, I wonder why the control parameter REPORT is not > TP> supported by method SANN. Looking into optim.c I found > TP> an internal constant: > >