FRONTIER Procedure

The INIT statement sets initial values for parameters in the optimization.

Each initialization is written as a parameter or parameter list, followed by an optional equal sign (=), followed by a number:

parameter <=> number

Parameter names are as shown in the Parameter column of the "Parameter Estimates" table. If a parameter name contains a blank or some other special character (such as '*', '-','(', or ')'), then you must use the internal name of the parameter to refer to that parameter in the INIT statement. You can specify the PRINTINTERNALNAMES option in the PROC FRONTIER statement if you want to see the internal names of the parameters. When you specify the PRINTINTERNALNAMES option, an extra column that shows the internal name of each parameter is added to the "Parameter Estimates" table.

For more information about how parameters are named, see the section Parameter Naming Conventions for the RESTRICT, TEST, BOUNDS, and INIT Statements.