RE: local minimum

From: William Bachman Date: December 21, 2001 technical Source: cognigencorp.com
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
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