Abstract
This note presents the basic properties of the soft maximum, a smooth approximation to the maximum of two real variables. It concludes by looking at potential numerical difficulties with the soft maximum and how to avoid these difficulties.
Disciplines
Numerical Analysis and Computation
Suggested Citation
Cook, John D., "Basic properties of the soft maximum" (September 2011). UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Biostatistics Working Paper Series. Working Paper 70.
http://biostats.bepress.com/mdandersonbiostat/paper70