MLE estimation for Lindley distribution

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I'm interested to find mle estimates of lindley distribution in R. But the nlm() command returns me the initial guess. Here is the code

library(stats)
library(stats4)
x1<-mledata$x
ll<-function(theta){
  sum(-(1+x1)-(1-theta[1])*log(1-(1+theta[2]+theta[2]*x1)/1+theta[2])-theta[2]*x1)
}
nlm(ll,theta<-c(1,1))
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You should use a reprex for your example, that way you would know that your code as is is not runable. mledata is not defined.

You should include meldata or a toy equivalent so that we can run your code and see the results your are getting.

Here is a pointer to reprex's https://www.tidyverse.org/help/

We really need concrete, run-able examples in a reprex to be able to help you.

If you are having any trouble getting a reprex to work please post a new topic with the issues you are having. You will get a lot of help getting it to work for you.

Thanks

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