From Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>  Wed Mar 18 07:47:36 1998
From: Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> (Martin Maechler)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:47:36 +0100
Subject: ``nlm(.) with derivatives''
In-Reply-To: <m0yF5vn-0000XJC@verdi.stat.wisc.edu> (message from Douglas Bates
 on Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:38:03 -0600 (CST))
Message-ID: <199803180747.IAA05505@sophie.ethz.ch>

>>>>> "DougB" == Douglas Bates <bates@stat.wisc.edu> writes:

    DougB> .......
    DougB> .......  { time comparisons in testing  lme(..) for R }
    DougB> .......

    DougB> This can be expected to run faster when a version of nlm that accepts
    DougB> gradients and Hessians is available.			---

Doug, do I understand properly that it won't be you 
who will work on this?

Do we have volunteers 
  [who also are knowledgable in numerical optimization,..]?
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``nlm(.) with derivatives''
Martin Maechler