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PortfolioAnalytics (version 1.0.3636)

objective: constructor for class 'objective'

Description

Typically called as a sub-function by the user function add.objective. See main documentation there.

Usage

objective(name, target = NULL, arguments, enabled = TRUE, ..., multiplier = 1, objclass = "objective")

Arguments

name
name of the objective which will be used to call a function, like 'ES', 'VaR', 'mean'
target
univariate target for the objective, default NULL
arguments
default arguments to be passed to an objective function when executed
enabled
TRUE/FALSE
...
any other passthrough parameters
multiplier
multiplier to apply to the objective, usually 1 or -1
objclass
string class to apply, default 'objective'

See Also

add.objective, portfolio.spec