Re: [R] [ADMB Users] an alternative to R for nonlinear stat models

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Gast
vulnerability coefficients can be in many models with such a feature). It is a limitation of the finite difference method for computing the hessian based on optimal parameter estimates. Chris - Chris Gast cmg...@gmail.com On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Rubén Roa wrote

Re: [R] [ADMB Users] an alternative to R for nonlinear stat models

2010-06-17 Thread Chris Gast
As an additional note, the parscale argument can be useful to improve stability in convergence results in optim(). Chris - Chris Gast cmg...@gmail.com On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Chris Gast wrote: > I spoke with my colleague who did most of the testing,

Re: [R] [ADMB Users] an alternative to R for nonlinear stat models

2010-06-16 Thread Chris Gast
mentations are completely optimized for speed. Chris ----- Chris Gast University of Washington Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management cmg...@gmail.com On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Arni Magnusson wrote: > As far as I can tell, Gove et al. (2002) might be a goo