subroutine funkmin_neural(ndim,beta,fvalue)
      implicit none
      include 'NeuralNetRegres.h'
      integer ndim
      double precision beta(ndim),fvalue
!(in)  ndim: the dimension of the parameter vector
!(in)  beta: the parameters       
!(out) fvalue: the value of the cost function at beta
!-----------------------------------------------------
      integer i,j,k,idowhat
      double precision w(maxnx,maxnh),bph(maxnh),q(maxnh),
     &bend,annfunc,ypred
!
! check to see if parameters are out of bounds
      if(betamin(1).lt.betamax(1))then
        do i=1,ndim
          if(beta(i).lt.betamin(i).or.
     &      beta(i).gt.betamax(i))then
! parameter out of bound          
            fvalue=1.0d+100
            return
          endif
        enddo
      endif
      idowhat=1
      call coeff_beta(idowhat,nx,nh,beta,w(1:nx,1:nh),bph,q,bend)
      fvalue=0.0d0
      do i=1,nobs
        ypred=annfunc(nx,xsamp(i:i,1:nx),nh,q,w(1:nx,1:nh),bph,bend)
        fvalue=fvalue+(ysamp(i)-ypred)*(ysamp(i)-ypred)
      enddo
      return
      end subroutine funkmin_neural
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      double precision function f1dim_neural(x)
      implicit none
      double precision x
CU    USES funkmin_neural
      INTEGER j
!((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
      integer NMAX,ncom
      parameter(NMAX=1000)
      double precision pcom(NMAX),xicom(NMAX)
      COMMON /f1com/ pcom,xicom,ncom
      save /f1com/
!))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
      double precision xt(NMAX)
!-----------------------------------------------------
      do 11 j=1,ncom
        xt(j)=pcom(j)+x*xicom(j)
11    continue
      call funkmin_neural(ncom,xt,f1dim_neural)
      return
      END
!&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
      SUBROUTINE FCN_neural(N,M,NP,NQ,
     +               LDN,LDM,LDNP,
     +               BETA,XPLUSD,
     +               IFIXB,IFIXX,LDIFX,
     +               IDEVAL,F,FJACB,FJACD,
     +               ISTOP)
      implicit none      
C  SUBROUTINE ARGUMENTS
C      ==> N        NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS
C      ==> M        NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
C      ==> NP       NUMBER OF PARAMETERS
C      ==> NQ       NUMBER OF RESPONSES PER OBSERVATION
C      ==> LDN      LEADING DIMENSION DECLARATOR EQUAL OR EXCEEDING N
C      ==> LDM      LEADING DIMENSION DECLARATOR EQUAL OR EXCEEDING M
C      ==> LDNP     LEADING DIMENSION DECLARATOR EQUAL OR EXCEEDING NP
C      ==> BETA     CURRENT VALUES OF PARAMETERS
C      ==> XPLUSD   CURRENT VALUE OF EXPLANATORY VARIABLE, I.E., X + DELTA
C      ==> IFIXB    INDICATORS FOR "FIXING" PARAMETERS (BETA)
C      ==> IFIXX    INDICATORS FOR "FIXING" EXPLANATORY VARIABLE (X)
C      ==> LDIFX    LEADING DIMENSION OF ARRAY IFIXX
C      ==> IDEVAL   INDICATOR FOR SELECTING COMPUTATION TO BE PERFORMED
C     <==  F        PREDICTED FUNCTION VALUES
C     <==  FJACB    JACOBIAN WITH RESPECT TO BETA
C     <==  FJACD    JACOBIAN WITH RESPECT TO ERRORS DELTA
C     <==  ISTOP    STOPPING CONDITION, WHERE
C                     0 MEANS CURRENT BETA AND X+DELTA WERE
C                       ACCEPTABLE AND VALUES WERE COMPUTED SUCCESSFULLY
C                     1 MEANS CURRENT BETA AND X+DELTA ARE
C                       NOT ACCEPTABLE;  ODRPACK SHOULD SELECT VALUES 
C                       CLOSER TO MOST RECENTLY USED VALUES IF POSSIBLE
C                    -1 MEANS CURRENT BETA AND X+DELTA ARE
C                       NOT ACCEPTABLE;  ODRPACK SHOULD STOP

C  INPUT ARGUMENTS, NOT TO BE CHANGED BY THIS ROUTINE:
      INTEGER          II,IDEVAL,ISTOP,L,LDIFX,LDM,LDN,LDNP,M,N,NP,NQ
      DOUBLE PRECISION BETA(NP),XPLUSD(LDN,M)
      INTEGER          IFIXB(NP),IFIXX(LDIFX,M)
C  OUTPUT ARGUMENTS:
      DOUBLE PRECISION F(LDN,NQ),FJACB(LDN,LDNP,NQ),FJACD(LDN,LDM,NQ)
!
      integer k,i,j,s,t,ierr,idowhat
      include 'NeuralNetRegres.h'
      double precision w(maxnx,maxnh),bph(maxnh),
     &  q(maxnh),bend,xnew(maxnx),annfunc,
     &  derBETA(NP),derw(maxnx,maxnh),derbph(maxnh),
     &  derq(maxnh),derbend
C  CHECK FOR UNACCEPTABLE VALUES FOR THIS PROBLEM
c
      do I=1,NP
        if(BETA(I).lt.betamin(I).or.BETA(I).gt.betamax(I))then
          ISTOP = 1
          RETURN
        endif
      enddo
      idowhat=1
      call coeff_beta(idowhat,nx,nh,BETA,
     &  w(1:nx,1:nh),bph,q,bend)
!---------------- find the ann function values--------------------------      
      IF (MOD(IDEVAL,10).GE.1) THEN
        DO 110 L = 1,NQ
          DO 100 I = 1,N
            do k=1,M
              xnew(k)=XPLUSD(I,k)
            enddo
            F(I,L)=annfunc(nx,xnew,nh,q,w(1:nx,1:nh),bph,bend)
  100     CONTINUE
  110   CONTINUE
      END IF
!---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
C  COMPUTE DERIVATIVES WITH RESPECT TO BETA
      IF (MOD(IDEVAL/10,10).GE.1) THEN 
        idowhat=2
        DO 200 I = 1,N
          do k=1,M
            xnew(k)=XPLUSD(I,k)
          enddo
          call derannfunc(nx,xnew,nh,q,w(1:nx,1:nh),
     &      bph,bend,derq,derw(1:nx,1:nh),derbph,derbend)
          call coeff_beta(idowhat,nx,nh,derBETA,
     &      derw(1:nx,1:nh),derbph,derq,derbend)
          DO 210 L = 1,NQ
            do k=1,NP
              FJACB(I,k,L)=derBETA(k)
            enddo
  210     CONTINUE
  200   CONTINUE
      END IF
      RETURN
      END
!
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