amoeba

[Joshua Smith]

Hi,

I need to maximize a function, and then try to install amoeba command on Stata 14. I tried sac install amoeba, but it doesn't work. What I got is:

ssc install: "amoeba" not found at SSC, type search amoeba
(To find all packages at SSC that start with a, type ssc describe a)
r(601);


Any help on this?

Thanks!

[Jorrit Gosens]

type:

findit amoeba

This gives only one result. Click that, and than click to install

[Nick Cox]

When I

search amoeba

I can click my way to this:

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package sg71 from http://www.stata.com/stb/stb38
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TITLE
      STB-38 sg71.  Routines to maximize a function.

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
      STB insert by Christopher Ferrall, Department of Economics,
      Queens University, Kingston, Ontario.
      Support:  [email protected]
      After installation, see help amoeba.
      Note:  The files myols.ado, powell.ado, tobin.ado are used
      in examples in the insert.

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      sg71/amoeba.ado
      sg71/amoeba.hlp
      sg71/myols.ado
      sg71/powell.ado
      sg71/quasi.ado
      sg71/quasi.hlp
      sg71/tobin.ado

The reason that

ssc install amoeba

fails is as you're being told; there is no such package on SSC. It's not a repository for all community-contributed commands, just those placed there by their authors.

amoeba

is an old program published in the Stata Technical Bulletin in 1997. See also https://www.stata.com/products/stb/journals/stb38.pdf