Re: typing starting values in FindMinimum
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg15484] Re: typing starting values in FindMinimum
- From: "Albert Maydeu-Olivares" <amaydeu at nil.fut.es>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 04:22:26 -0500
- Organization: University of Barcelona
- References: <77f0j5$m17@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
This is the best answer I received j={{l2,l1,0},{l3,0,l1},{0,l3,l2}}; e={0.56-l1 l2,0.48 -l1 l3,0.42 -l2 l3}; theta={l1,l2,l3}; start ={0.5,0.5,0.5}; startval=Transpose[{theta,start}] FindMinimum[Apply[Plus,e^2],Evaluate[Sequence@@startval],Method->Newton, Gradient->j]