Re: [R] trouble using optim for maximalisation of 2-parameter function

2009-07-19 Thread Matthias Kohl
try: # first argument of llik.nor has to be the parameter llik.nor<-function(theta,x){mu<-theta[1];sig<-theta[2];-length(x)*log(sqrt(2*pi))-length(x)*log(sig)-(1/(2*sig**2))*sum((x-mu)**2)} # optim by default does minimization # setting fnscale = -1 one obtains a maximization problem optim(c(1,5

[R] trouble using optim for maximalisation of 2-parameter function

2009-07-19 Thread Anjali Sing
Hello, I am having trouble using "optim". I want to maximalise a function to its parameters [kind of like: univariate maximum likelihood estimation, but i wrote the likelihood function myself because of data issues ] When I try to optimize a function for only one parameter there is no problem: l