Questions tagged [optim]

I am trying to implement Maximum likelihood estimation for the following 2-parameter Beta-Poisson model Working through other solutions in StackOverflow I came to the conclusion - possibly incorrectly - that the "optim" function might be the best…

I'm thinking about optim() in R or optimize() in Python's scipy. Both can minimize a function, and both can maximize a function by minimizing the inverted function. My question is: why are both coded to minimize rather than maximize? Is it just down…