maxLik (version 1.3-6)

maximType: Type of Minimization/Maximization

Description

Returns the type of optimization as supplied by the optimisation routine.

Usage

maximType(x)

Arguments

x

object of class 'maxim' or another object which involves numerical optimisation.

Value

A text message, describing the involved optimisation algorithm

See Also

maxNR

Examples

# NOT RUN {
## maximize two-dimensional exponential hat.  True maximum c(2,1):
f <- function(a) exp(-(a[1] - 2)^2 - (a[2] - 1)^2)
m <- maxNR(f, start=c(0,0))
coef(m)
maximType(m)
## Now use BFGS maximisation.
m <- maxBFGS(f, start=c(0,0))
maximType(m)
# }

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