R help - Jan 2008 - EQUALITY constraints in 'constrOptim'

Does anybody know to introduce EQUALITY constraints in 'constrOptim'
function?

 

BR, Shubha

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On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Shubha Vishwanath Karanth wrote:
> Does anybody know to introduce EQUALITY constraints in
'constrOptim'
> function?
>
You can't.

The optimizer in constrOptim requires a starting value in the *interior* 
of the feasible region, and equality constraints mean there is no 
interior.


 	-thomas

Thomas Lumley			Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics
tlumley at u.washington.edu	University of Washington, Seattle