Re: [math] optimization refactoring

2009-02-22 Thread Ted Dunning
I think that Dmitri overstates his case a bit. This multiplication in observation space works for some algorithms, not for others. Ordinary least squares regression is somewhat of an exception here. Logistic regression is a simple counter-example. It is still useful to have a vector weight and

Re: [math] optimization refactoring

2009-02-22 Thread Dimitri Pourbaix
Hi, The existing code is : - package o.a.c.math.estimation: Levenberg-Marquardt method for weighted least square minimization of a vector of residuals Either one considers the full weighting matrix (including potential correlation between observations) or one does not account for any wei

Re: [math] optimization refactoring

2009-02-22 Thread chengas123
Luc Maisonobe wrote: > >>> 1) let Brent minimization in the analysis.minimization package where it >>> is now >>> >> Why not include this in optimization.general below? > Gilles proposed to put it in analysis a few weeks ago, on the assumption > it is strongly related to roots finding. Of cou

Re: [math] optimization refactoring

2009-02-22 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Phil Steitz a écrit : > Luc Maisonobe wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Since release of 1.2, several people have asked for advices on using the >> estimation and optimization packages imported from mantissa. This showed >> these packages were poorly designed (you can blame me for that). After >> one of the d

Re: [math] optimization refactoring

2009-02-21 Thread Phil Steitz
Luc Maisonobe wrote: Hello, Since release of 1.2, several people have asked for advices on using the estimation and optimization packages imported from mantissa. This showed these packages were poorly designed (you can blame me for that). After one of the discussions on this topic, issue MATH-17