Package: BB 2026.1.0

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, cre], Paul Gilbert [aut], Marcos Raydan [ctb], JM Martinez [ctb], EG Birgin [ctb], W LaCruz [ctb]

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

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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

BB: An R Package for Solving a Large System of Nonlinear Equations and for Optimizing a High-Dimensional Nonlinear Objective Function
Introduction | Solving nonlinear system of equations | Numerical Experiments | Solving nonlinear estimating equations in statistics | Conclusions | Appendix: Test Functions

Last update: 2026-02-19
Started: 2012-03-28

BB Tutorial

Last update: 2019-10-18
Started: 2012-03-28