Differentiate exponential of a matrix times a vector

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I have:

  • $\boldsymbol{r}$, a $(1 \times N)$ vector of times
  • $\gamma$, a $(p \times 1)$ vector of regression parameters
  • $V$, a $(N \times p)$ matrix of covariates

I want to get the expression to estimate the $\gamma$ parameters. For that I have to solve the following score equation $$\frac{\partial}{\partial\gamma}\left[V\gamma -\boldsymbol{r}\exp(V\gamma)\right]=0$$.

How to do that? I’m not sure how to differentiate the exponential of the matrix times the vector of parameters.