Hi, here comes my problem, say I have the following functions (example case) #------------------------------------------------------------ function1 <- function (x, theta) {a <- theta[1] ( 1 - exp(-theta[2]) ) * theta[3] ) b <- x * theta[1] / theta[3]^2 return( list( a = a, b = b )) } #----------------------------------------------------------- function2<-function (x, theta) {P <- function1(x, theta) c <- P$a * x * exp(-theta[2]) d <- P$b * exp(x) q <- theta[1] / theta[3] res <- c + d + q; res}
# Function to be optimized function3 <- function(theta1,theta2,theta3) { n <- length(data) -sum( function2(x = data[2:n], theta = c(theta1, theta2, theta3) ))} # 'data' is my input ts class object #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then I want to maximize function3 with respect to theta(s) (given some starting values) fit<-optim(par=c(theta1=1, theta2=1.2, theta3=.2), fn=function3) I get the following: Error in function1(x, theta) : argument "theta2" is missing, with no default Where I made a mistake? I will appreciate any help ... r -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/optimization-setup-tp16825410p16825410.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.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.