Package: BB 2019.10-1

Paul Gilbert

BB: Solving and Optimizing Large-Scale Nonlinear Systems

Barzilai-Borwein spectral methods for solving nonlinear system of equations, and for optimizing nonlinear objective functions subject to simple constraints. A tutorial style introduction to this package is available in a vignette on the CRAN download page or, when the package is loaded in an R session, with vignette("BB").

Authors:Ravi Varadhan [aut, cph, trl], Paul Gilbert [aut, cre], Marcos Raydan [ctb], JM Martinez [ctb], EG Birgin [ctb], W LaCruz [ctb]

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# Install 'BB' in R:
install.packages('BB', repos = 'https://cloud.r-project.org')

On CRAN:

Conda:r-bb-2014.10_1(2025-03-25)

This package does not link to any Github/Gitlab/R-forge repository. No issue tracker or development information is available.

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Dependencies:quadprog

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BB: An R Package for Solving a Large System of Nonlinear Equations and for Optimizing a High-Dimensional Nonlinear Objective Function

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Citation

To cite BB in publications use:

Ravi Varadhan, Paul Gilbert (2009). BB: An R Package for Solving a Large System of Nonlinear Equations and for Optimizing a High-Dimensional Nonlinear Objective Function. Journal of Statistical Software, 32(4), 1-26. URL http://www.jstatsoft.org/v32/i04/.

Corresponding BibTeX entry: 

  @Article{,
    title = {{BB}: An {R} Package for Solving a Large System of
      Nonlinear Equations and for Optimizing a High-Dimensional
      Nonlinear Objective Function},
    author = {Ravi Varadhan and Paul Gilbert},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2009},
    volume = {32},
    number = {4},
    pages = {1--26},
    url = {http://www.jstatsoft.org/v32/i04/},
  }