Re: [R] order() on vector with Inf's

[Murray Jorgensen]

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On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Murray Jorgensen wrote:
[useful suggestions omitted]

llbet[llbet==Inf] <- -Inf

should correct the problem, but why not correct the calculation?

Not a bad idea, but the numerical difficulties always occur well away from the likelihood maximum, and I'm only looking for reasonable starting values.

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