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Re: st: could not calculate numerical derivatives


From   vesile kutlu <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: could not calculate numerical derivatives
Date   Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:47:48 +0100

Austin, thank you for your suggestion. I think mm_root  is for
finding one root (univariate) of a function. In my case, I need a
bivariate root finder because I have two arguments in my objective
function.
 I tried something different with the “optimize” command.  I used the
d1 evaluator and entered the first order conditions manually. I do not
get the error “could not find numerical derivatives” anymore. However,
I have another problem. The solution is identical to the initial
values. If I enter (1,1) for initial values, the program returns (1,1)
as a solution. Is there anyone who knows why this is the case? Thank
you.

: void mysolver(todo, p, v, g, H)
 v = (0.7-exp((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*75))))^2+(0.4-exp((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*80))))^2
 if (todo==1) {
 g[1] = -2*exp((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*75)))*(0.7-exp((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*75))))*((1/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*7
5)))-2*exp((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*80)))*(0.4-exp((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*80))))*((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*80))
 g[2] = -2*exp((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*75)))*(0.7-exp((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*75))))*((p[1]/(p[2]^2))*(-exp(p[2]*48)+ex
p(p[2]*75)))-2*exp((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*80)))*(0.4-exp((p[1]/p[2])*(exp(p[2]*48)-exp(p[2]*80))))*((p[1]/(p[2]^2))*(-exp(p[2]*48)+
exp(p[2]*80)))
   }
   }
note: argument H unused
 S = optimize_init()
 optimize_init_evaluator(S, &mysolver())
 optimize_init_evaluatortype(S, "d1")
 optimize_init_params(S, (0.5,0.5))
 optimize_init_which(S, "min")
 p=optimize(S)
Iteration 0:   f(p) =        .65
Iteration 1:   f(p) =        .65
 p
        1    2
    +-----------+
  1 |  .5   .5  |
    +-----------+

Vesile
Phd Candidate, Utrecht University


On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Austin Nichols
<[email protected]> wrote:
> vesile kutlu <[email protected]>:
> User-written mm_root(); see
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2009-01/msg01140.html
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:34 AM, vesile kutlu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I am trying to solve the function “v” numerically in Mata but I get
>> the error ” could not calculate numerical derivatives -- discontinuous
>> region with missing values encountered”.  I ask Mata to minimize this
>> function with respect to a and b. I provide the initial values of
>> these parameters. Is there something wrong with my code? I would
>> appreciate if you could tell me why I got this error? Is there maybe
>> another way to solve this problem? Thank you.
>> Vesile
>> void mysolver(todo, p, v, S, H)
>>   {
>>   a=p[1]
>>   b=p[2]
>>   v=(0.7-exp((a/b)*(exp(b*48)-exp(b*75))))^2+(0.4-exp((a/b)*(exp(b*48)-exp(b*80))))^2
>>   }
>>   S=optimize_init()
>>   optimize_init_evaluator(S, &mysolver())
>>   optimize_init_evaluatortype(S, "v0")
>>   optimize_init_params(S, (1,1))
>>   optimize_init_which(S, "min")
>>   p=optimize(S)
>>   p
>>   end
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