Thanks for the quick reply! My problem is one-dimensional. Here is the code:
using Optim a=2 f(x)=-(x-a)^2 optimize(f,3) I get: ERROR: no method optimize(Function, Int64) I am running Version 0.3.0-prerelease+3884 (2014-06-25 10:41 UTC) and have updated all packages. Thanks for your help Mathieu On Tuesday, July 8, 2014 2:48:24 PM UTC-4, John Myles White wrote: > > This should work, except that you're not providing any initial values for > x. Is your problem one-dimensional or multi-dimensional? > > -- John > > On Jul 8, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > I am trying to optimize a simple function that takes a parameter as an > argument. Something like: > > > > a=2 > > f(x)=-(x-a)^2 > > optimize(f) > > > > Is there any way to do this? I have played quite a bit with optimize > without success. > > > > Thanks a lot > > Mathieu > >
