Re: [Rd] [R] How to improve the "OPTIM" results

2008-04-06 Thread Spencer Graves
Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Kurt Hornik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: >>> >>> On 6 April 2008 at 08:37, Spencer Graves wrote: >>> | >>> [...] >>> | However, the comment from Hans Borchers (below) raises

Re: [Rd] [R] How to improve the "OPTIM" results

2008-04-06 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Kurt Hornik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: > > > On 6 April 2008 at 08:37, Spencer Graves wrote: > > | > > [...] > > | However, the comment from Hans Borchers (below) raises a related > > | question: What might be the best way t

Re: [Rd] [R] How to improve the "OPTIM" results

2008-04-06 Thread Kurt Hornik
> Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: > On 6 April 2008 at 08:37, Spencer Graves wrote: > | > [...] > | However, the comment from Hans Borchers (below) raises a related > | question: What might be the best way to build a collaboration with > | existing optimization initiatives, possibly makin

Re: [Rd] [R] How to improve the "OPTIM" results

2008-04-06 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 6 April 2008 at 08:37, Spencer Graves wrote: | [...] | However, the comment from Hans Borchers (below) raises a related | question: What might be the best way to build a collaboration with | existing optimization initiatives, possibly making R a platform of | choice for making it ea

Re: [Rd] [R] How to improve the "OPTIM" results

2008-04-06 Thread Spencer Graves
What would people suggest someone do to improve the optimization capabilities in R? A few ideas are mentioned below. I just got 578 hits from RSiteSearch("optimization", "fun"), and I wonder if there's a better way to get a reasonable overview of what's currently available in R -- an