Off-the-shelf optimization functions in Matlab
Estimating a statistical model via maximum likelihood or MAP involves minimizing an error function – the negative log-likelihood or log-posterior. Generic functions built in to Matlab like fminunc and fmincon will often do the trick. There are many other free solvers available, which are often faster, or more powerful: Solvers by Mark Schmidt: there’s a huge collection of functions from Mark … More Off-the-shelf optimization functions in Matlab