Estimation via Optimization

Estimates parameters from a given objective function using optimization.

opt(FUN, start_values, optim = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

FUN	Objective function.
start_values	A vector of starting values corresponding to the number of parameters to be estimated.
optim	Logical. If TRUE, the optim function is used. If FALSE, the nlminb function is used.
...	Additional arguments to be passed to the optimizer and arguments to be passed to the objective function.

Value

Returns the output of optim() or nlminb().