No, the status of the optimization is only in C code until the finish.
Whyever would a partially run optimization be useful? You can arrange for
your optimizand to record the latest set of parameters if you wish, and
then just interrupt R in the usual way. Or you can set a limit on the
number of iterations.
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Paolo Tenconi wrote:
> I'm using optim and I'd like to know if there is a way to escape
the
> optimization process at a given time (for example by pressing some sequence
> on the keyboard) while retaining the optimization results achieved.
> I found this very useful using the Aptech GAUSS optimization module.
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