hessMT ============================================== Purpose ---------------- Computes numerical Hessian. Format ---------------- .. function:: h = hessMT(&fct, par1, data1) :param &fct: pointer to procedure returning either Nx1 vector or 1x1 scalar. :type &fct: scalar :param par1: an instance of structure of type :class:`PV` containing parameter vector at which Hessian is to be evaluated :type par1: struct :param data1: structure of type :class:`DS` containing any data needed by *fct* :type data1: struct :return h: Hessian. :rtype h: KxK matrix Examples ---------------- :: // Define a PV structure struct PV p1; // Create p1 PV structure p1 = pvCreate; // Fill PV structure p1 = pvPack(p1, 0.1|0.2, "P"); // Create data matrix x = seqa(1, 1, 15); // Write procedure for computing Hessian proc fct(struct PV p0, x); local p, y; // Unpack PV structure to get parameters p = pvUnpack(p0, "P"); // Compute the hessian y = p[1] * exp( -p[2] * x); retp(y); endp; // Find Hessian h = hessMT(&fct, p1, x); Remarks ------- *par1* must be created using the :func:`pvPack` procedures. Source ------ hessmt.src