Initial condition for maximum likelihood estimation (MLE)

Asked by Susan H on 9 Dec 2019

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When using the maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) command in MATLAB (https://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/mle.html#btt7ilj) for a Weibull 2 parameter distribution, how do you specificy the initial conditions? Also, if you just type in the Weibull distribution for the MLE command, why is it that MATLAB can find the values directly without entering the initial conditions? Thanks!