Re: st: bounds(ml_search_bounds) anybody?

["Tom Boonen" <tom.boonen.maiden@gmail.com>]

Ok I just found the answer to my question by trial and error. Nevermind.

basically you specify:
ml search lowerbound upperbound (bounds as scalars)

Tom

On 3/17/07, Tom Boonen <tom.boonen.maiden@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to find an example or documentation for how the
> bounds(ml_search_bounds) option for ml model is specified?
>
> I could not find any example or details on how to actually use this
> option in the documentation  (online, manuals, statalist, mle with
> stata book), except:
>
> "bounds(ml_search_bounds) specifies the search bounds.  The command ml
> model issues is ml search ml_search_bounds, repeat(#).  Specifying
> search bounds is optional."
>
> I would like to know HOW this  ml_search_bounds are specified.
> Apologies if I missed it there.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tom
>
> PS: I need to use bounds because ml search always starts its search at
> the zero vector, which in my case is outside the parameter
> constraints. I want to use bounds to only look for good starting
> values in the parameter space.
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