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maxLik

Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Related Tools

v1.5-2.2 · Dec 29, 2025 · GPL (>= 2)

Description

Functions for Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation, non-linear optimization, and related tools. It includes a unified way to call different optimizers, and classes and methods to handle the results from the Maximum Likelihood viewpoint. It also includes a number of convenience tools for testing and developing your own models.

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  Running ‘BFGSR.R’ [0s/0s]
  Comparing ‘BFGSR.Rout’ to ‘BFGSR.Rout.save’ ...73c73
< [1] "Mean relative difference: 0.01078"
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> [1] TRUE
  Running ‘constraints.R’ [1s/1s]
  Comparing ‘constraints.Rout’ to ‘constraints.Rout.save’ ... OK
  Running ‘finalHessian.R’ [0s/0s]
  Comparing ‘finalHessian.Rout’ to ‘finalHessian.Rout.save’ ... OK
  Running ‘numericGradient.R’ [0s/0s]
  Comparing ‘numericGradient.Rout’ to ‘numericGradient.Rout.save’ ... OK
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NOTE 12 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 9, 2026
NOTE r-devel-macos-arm64

tests

  Running ‘BFGSR.R’ [0s/0s]
  Comparing ‘BFGSR.Rout’ to ‘BFGSR.Rout.save’ ...
73c73
< [1] "Mean relative difference: 0.01078"
---
> [1] TRUE
  Running ‘constraints.R’ [1s/1s]
  Comparing ‘constraints.Rout’ to ‘constraints.Rout.save’ ... OK
  Running ‘finalHessian.R’ [0s/0s]
  Comparing ‘finalHessian.Rout’ to ‘finalHessian.Rout.save’ ... OK
  Running ‘numericGradient.R’ [0s/0s]
  Comparing ‘numericGradient.Rout’ to ‘numericGradient.Rout.save’ ... OK
  Running ‘tinytest.R’ [0s/0s]
NOTE r-release-macos-arm64

tests

  Running ‘BFGSR.R’ [0s/0s]
  Comparing ‘BFGSR.Rout’ to ‘BFGSR.Rout.save’ ...73c73
< [1] "Mean relative difference: 0.01078"
---
> [1] TRUE
  Running ‘constraints.R’ [1s/1s]
  Comparing ‘constraints.Rout’ to ‘constraints.Rout.save’ ... OK
  Running ‘finalHessian.R’ [0s/0s]
  Comparing ‘finalHessian.Rout’ to ‘finalHessian.Rout.save’ ... OK
  Running ‘numericGradient.R’ [0s/0s]
  Comparing ‘numericGradient.Rout’ to ‘numericGradient.Rout.save’ ... OK
  Running ‘tinytest.R’ [0s/0s]

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies miscTools sandwich generics Rchoice censReg gmnl hermite lmmot mlogitBMA mvProbit pglm rumidas sampleSelection ssfa truncreg AGPRIS BLOQ DWreg +50 more reverse deps maxLik

Version History

new 1.5-2.2 Mar 9, 2026