A replacement and extension of the optim() function

Description

optimx provides a replacement and extension of the link{optim()} function to unify and streamline optimization capabilities in R for smooth, possibly box constrained functions of several or many parameters

Examples can be found on the optimx help page and in the demo directory, demo(package = "optimx").

Author(s)

John C Nash <nashjc@uottawa.ca> and Ravi Varadhan <RVaradhan@jhmi.edu>

Maintainer: John C Nash <nashjc@uottawa.ca>

References

Nash, John C. and Varadhan, Ravi (2011) Unifying Optimization Algorithms to Aid Software System Users: optimx for R, Journal of Statistical Software, publication pending.

See Also

optimx