RE: negative objective function values
From: "Bachman, William" <bachmanw@globomax.com>
Subject: RE: negative objective function values
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 08:26:00 -0500
The objective function consists of the sum of two terms. The first is a sum of squares term, which will always be postitive. The second term is a log of variances term which can, of course, be a negative. If the second terms predominates, the objective function will be a negative number.
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