RE: local minimum
From: "Bachman, William" <bachmanw@globomax.com>
Subject: RE: [NMusers] local minimum
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:19:55 -0500
Milly,
Changing TOL and SIG may only change the precision with which the
convergence "hones in" on a local minimum. Try significantly different
initial estimates in an attempt to give the convergence process a different
region of the parameter space to explore. (as you note, "successful" just
means a minimum, but not necessarily global - the user must assess results
obtained.)
Bill Bachman