# How do solve the initialization problem?

**URL:** <https://forum.dynare.org/t/how-do-solve-the-initialization-problem/14175>\
**Category:** Optimal Policy\
**Created:** [18 July 2019 01:40 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/how-do-solve-the-initialization-problem/14175 "2019-07-18T01:40:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![abcsk](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcsk](https://forum.dynare.org/u/abcsk)\
**Post date:** [18 July 2019 01:40 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/how-do-solve-the-initialization-problem/14175/1 "2019-07-18T01:40:37Z")

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Dear everyone, I run the comand osr to compute the optimal simple monetary policy. But the optimal reaction coefficients rely on the initial values. Professor jpfeifer told me it the initialization problem. I checked it and found, actually, it is. I change my algorithm to opt\_algo=9. But the results sitll rely on the initial values heavily.  
So, could any one help me how to choose the initial values?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/jpfeifer/32/5044_2.png) [@jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/u/jpfeifer)\
**Post date:** [18 July 2019 07:42 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/how-do-solve-the-initialization-problem/14175/2 "2019-07-18T07:42:31Z")

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There is no unique starting value you could chose. You should try several starting values and then take the result that represents the global optimum.