Objective function in optim evaluates to length 3 not 1 - r

Question

I am new to R and trying to find the optimal values of 3 parameters via indirect inference from a simulated panel data set, but getting an error "objective function in optim evaluates to length 3 not 1". I tried to check past posts, but the one I found didn't address the problem I am facing.
The code works if I only try for one parameter instead of 3. Here is the code:
#Generating data
modelp <- function(Y,alpha,N,T){
Yt <- Y[,2:T]
Ylag <- Y[,1:(T-1)]
Alpha <- alpha[,2:T]
yt <- matrix(t(Yt), (T-1)*N, 1)
ylag <- matrix(t(Ylag), (T-1)*N, 1)
alph <- matrix(t(Alpha), (T-1)*N, 1)
rho.ind <- rep(NA,N)
sigma_u <- rep(NA,N)
sigma_a <- rep(NA,N)
for(n in 1:N){
sigma_u[n] <- sigma(lm(yt~alph+ylag))
sigma_a[n] <- lm(yt~alph+ylag)$coef[2] #
(diag(vcov((lm(yt~alph+ylag)$coef),complete=TRUE)))[2] #
rho.ind[n] <- lm(yt~alph+ylag)$coef[3]
}
param <- matrix(NA,1,3)
param[1]<- mean(sum(rho.ind))
param[2]<- mean(sum(sigma_u))
param[3]<- mean(sum(sigma_a))
return(param)
}
## Function to estimate parameters
H.theta <- function(param.s){
set.seed(tmp.seed) #set seed
param.s.tmp <- matrix(0,1,3)
for(s in 1:H){
eps.s <- matrix(rnorm(N*T), N, T) #white noise erros
eps0.s <- matrix(rnorm(N*T), N, 1) #error for initial condition
alph.s <- matrix(rnorm(N*T),N,T)
Y.s <- matrix( 0, N, T)
ys.lag <- eps0.s
for(t in 1:T){ #Simulating the AR(1) process data
ys <- alph.s[,t]+param.s[1] * ys.lag + eps.s[,t] # [n,1:t]
Y.s[,t] <- ys
ys.lag <- ys
}
param.s.tmp <- param.s.tmp + modelp(Y.s, alph.s,N, T)
param.s[2] <- param.s.tmp[2]
param.s[3] <- mean(var(alph.s)) #param.s.tmp[3]
}
return( (param.data - param.s.tmp/H)^2 )
#return(param.s[1])
}
#Results for T = 10 & H = 10, N=100
nrep <-10
rho <-0.9
sigma_u <- 1
sigma_a <- 1.5
param <- matrix(NA,1,3)
param[1] <- rho
param[2] <- sigma_u
param[3] <- sigma_u
s.mu <- 0 # Mean
s.ep <- 0.5 #White Noise -initial conditions
Box <- cbind(rep(100,1),c(20),rep(c(5),1))
r.simu.box <- matrix(0,nrep,nrow(Box))
r.data.box <- matrix(0,nrep,nrow(Box))
for(k in 1:nrow(Box)){
N <- Box[k,1] #Number of individuals in panel
T <- Box[k,2] #Length of Panel
H <- Box[k,3] # Number of simulation paths
p.data <-matrix(NA,nrep,3)
p.simu <-matrix(NA,nrep,3)
est <- matrix(NA,1,3)
for(i in 1:nrep){
mu <- matrix(rnorm(N )*s.mu, N, 1)
eps <- matrix(rnorm(N*T)*s.ep, N, T)
eps0 <- matrix(rnorm(N*T)*s.ep, N, 1)
alph <- matrix(rnorm(N ), N, T)
Y <- matrix( 0, N, T)
y.lag <- (1-param[1])*mu + eps0
for(t in 1:T){
y <- alph[,t]+param[1]*y.lag +eps[,t]
Y[,t] <- y
y.lag <- y
}
param.data <- modelp(Y,alph,N,T) #Actual data
p.data[i,1:3] <- param.data
tmp.seed <- 3864+i+100*(k-1) #Simulated data
x0 <- c(0.5, 0,0)
est[i] <- optim(x0, H.theta,method = "BFGS", hessian = TRUE)$par
p.simu[i,1:3] <- est[i]
if(i%%10==0) print(c("Finished the (",i,")-th replication"))
}
}
mean(p.data[,1])- mean(p.simu[,1])
mean(p.data[,2])- mean(p.simu[,2])
sqrt(mean((p.data[1]-p.simu[1])^2))
I expect to get three values. Any help or suggestion will be greatly appreciated.