It really depends on how well-behaved your objective function is, but I've been able to fit a few models with 10--15 parameters. But I felt like I was stretching the limit there.
-roger Federico Calboli wrote: > Hi All, > > I would like to know, is there a *ballpark* figure for how many > parameters the minimisation routines can cope with? > > I'm asking because I was asked if I knew. > > Cheers, > > Federico > > -- > Federico C. F. Calboli > Department of Epidemiology and Public Health > Imperial College, St. Mary's Campus > Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG > > Tel +44 (0)20 75941602 Fax +44 (0)20 75943193 > > f.calboli [.a.t] imperial.ac.uk > f.calboli [.a.t] gmail.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- Roger D. Peng | http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~rpeng/ ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
