Re: [R] algorithmic or automatic differentiation

2008-05-07 Thread Erin Hodgess
Thanks to all! Sincerely, Erin On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Simon Blomberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, computer algebra systems such as yacas do symbolic differentiation. > Automatic differentiation is a numerical technique that can be used to > find derivatives of functions that can be

Re: [R] algorithmic or automatic differentiation

2008-05-07 Thread Simon Blomberg
No, computer algebra systems such as yacas do symbolic differentiation. Automatic differentiation is a numerical technique that can be used to find derivatives of functions that can be implemented as computer programs, through successive uses of the chain rule on the computer code itself. It would

Re: [R] algorithmic or automatic differentiation

2008-05-07 Thread David Winsemius
"Erin Hodgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Is there a package for automatic differentiation, please? > Have you looked at Goedman, Grothendieck, Hojsgaard, and Pinkus' Ryacas? >From the Ryacas documentation: Analytical derivatives of functions can be evaluated with t