DEEPANKAR BASU wrote:
> I read the description of the trace control parameter in ?optim and then also
> looked at the examples given at the end. In one of the examples I found that
> they had used "trace=TRUE" with the method "SANN". I am using the method
> "BFGS" and I tried using "trace=TRUE" too but I did not get the parameter
> estimates at each iteration. As you say, it might be method dependent. I
> tried reading the source code for "optim" but could not find out what I was
> looking for. Hence, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what option to
> use with the method "BFGS" to get the parameter estimates at each iteration
> of the optimization.
>
> Deepankar
>
Well, ?optim has:
The 'control' argument is a list that can supply any of the
following components:
'trace' Non-negative integer. If positive, tracing information on
the progress of the optimization is produced. Higher values
may produce more tracing information: for method '"L-BFGS-B"'
there are six levels of tracing. (To understand exactly what
these do see the source code: higher levels give more
detail.)
which I can only infer that you still haven't read...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, April 23, 2007 2:46 am
> Subject: Re: [R] Estimates at each iteration of optim()?
>
>
>> DEEPANKAR BASU wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to maximise a complicated loglikelihood function with
>>>
>> the "optim" command. Is there some way to get to know the estiamtes
>> at each iteration? When I put "control=list(trace=TRUE)" as an
>> option in "optim", I just got the initial and final values of the
>> loglikelihood, number of iterations and whether the routine has
>> converged or not. I need to know the estimate values at each
>> iteration.>
>>
>>>
>>>
>> It might help if you actually _read_ the description of the trace
>> control parameter (hint: it is not an on/off switch) in ?optim...
>> And,
>> as it says, this is method dependent, so you may have to study the
>> source code.
>>
>>
>>> Deepankar
>>>
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