[R] optim function

R Granell, Medicine Raquel.Granell at bristol.ac.uk
Thu May 11 14:25:18 CEST 2006


Thanks, Dimitris! I think it will help

Raquel

--On 11 May 2006 13:06 +0200 Dimitris Rizopoulos 
<dimitris.rizopoulos at med.kuleuven.be> wrote:

> probably you want to look at ?try; I hope it helps.
>
> Best,
> Dimitris
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "R Granell, Medicine"
> <Raquel.Granell at bristol.ac.uk>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:18 PM
> Subject: [R] optim function
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>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to use optim with simulated data.
>> My program generates a sample and then calls optim to optimise a
>> function
>> that depends on the generated sample.
>>
>> I want to do this with 100 samples. But optim does not 'work' for
>> the 100
>> samples, sometimes I get a message saying that sigma matrix was not
>> invertible and therefore the optimisation was not carried out, and
>> then my
>> program breaks.
>>
>> Is there any way to implement a condition to avoid this? I mean, how
>> can I
>> specify that if this is the case, ignore such sample and try with
>> the next
>> one.
>>
>> Many thanks for your help
>>
>> Raquel
>>
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Raquel Granell, Research Statistician

ALSPAC - Avon Longitudinal Study Parents and Children
Department of Community Based Medicine
University of Bristol




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