On best practice optimization methods in R

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Nash, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best practice; Optimization methods; R

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907485087     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v060.i02     Document Type: Article

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