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maxLik

Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Related Tools

v1.5-2.2 · Dec 29, 2025 · GPL (>= 2)
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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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tests

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
  Running ‘tinytest.R’ [0s/0s]

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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]

Reverse Dependencies (66)

depends

Rchoice censReg gmnl hermite lmmot mlogitBMA mvProbit pglm rumidas sampleSelection ssfa truncreg

imports

AGPRIS BLOQ DWreg DirichletReg GenMarkov MVNGmod MVSKmod OPSR PanelSelect Sequential Surrogate SurvMA ZIDW afdx apollo autostsm biodosetools countDM dccmidas ememax emhawkes endogeneity fastR2 fitteR flexCountReg heckmanGE lboxcox metaSDTreg mfGARCH mhurdle mixl nhm nonprobsvy ohenery paramlink plm pmlsp rDEA sensmediation sfaR sigInt spldv splm ui

suggests

CollocInfer FuzzyClass cmtest coefplot kalmanfilter kimfilter micEconCES ssmodels surveillance urbin

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies miscTools sandwich generics Rchoice censReg gmnl hermite lmmot mlogitBMA mvProbit pglm rumidas sampleSelection ssfa truncreg AGPRIS BLOQ DWreg +51 more reverse deps maxLik

Version History

new 1.5-2.2 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.5-2.2 ← 1.5-2.1 diff Dec 28, 2025
updated 1.5-2.1 ← 1.5-2 diff Mar 23, 2024
updated 1.5-2 ← 1.4-8 diff Jul 25, 2021
updated 1.4-8 ← 1.4-6 diff Mar 21, 2021
updated 1.4-6 ← 1.4-4 diff Nov 23, 2020
updated 1.4-4 ← 1.4-0 diff Sep 3, 2020
updated 1.4-0 ← 1.3-8 diff Jul 30, 2020
updated 1.3-8 ← 1.3-6 diff Jan 9, 2020
updated 1.3-6 ← 1.3-4 diff May 18, 2019
updated 1.3-4 ← 1.3-2 diff Nov 8, 2015
updated 1.3-2 ← 1.3-0 diff Oct 28, 2015
updated 1.3-0 ← 1.2-4 diff Oct 24, 2015
updated 1.2-4 ← 1.2-0 diff Dec 30, 2014
updated 1.2-0 ← 1.1-8 diff Oct 21, 2013
updated 1.1-8 ← 1.1-4 diff Sep 17, 2013
updated 1.1-4 ← 1.1-2 diff Sep 15, 2013
updated 1.1-2 ← 1.1-0 diff Mar 4, 2012
updated 1.1-0 ← 1.0-2 diff Jan 11, 2012
updated 1.0-2 ← 1.0-0 diff Oct 16, 2011