RE: [NMusers] Truncated Emax

2011-12-22 Thread Matt Hutmacher
Hello all, My apologies for responding to this thread late. I agree with using the BQL method when data are censored to a certain value due to assay or measurement restrictions. What I am not clear about is the actual suitability of the approach for this case. I am not sure I understand the

[NMusers] RE: Bootstrap in combination with PRIOR?

2011-12-22 Thread Standing Joseph (GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN NHS TRUST)
Jacob, I am guilty of having performed such a bootstrap (but didn't do any of the testing you describe). Anyway, here's an opinion: By using prior in nonmem you are trying to get an approximation of what the pooled data fit would be and get an OFV that is theoretically the same as if you did

Re: [NMusers] Bootstrap in combination with PRIOR?

2011-12-22 Thread Leonid Gibiansky
Jacob, Bootstrap procedure vary only the new data. The information in priors is still the same. Therefore, results will be as dependent on the priors as the parameter estimates of the final model. When the priors are strong (informative) it would require a lot of new data to move the parameter

[NMusers] Bootstrap in combination with PRIOR?

2011-12-22 Thread Brogren Jacob
Dear nmusers, Merry Holiday! (you may change the variable 'Holiday' to an arbitrary value) First, accept my humble excuse - I can't share any code for this example. I'm assessing a model where $PRIOR is used to stabilize the fit of an 'old' model to sparse data using NONMEM. It seems to be the

[NMusers] Eight Postdoctoral research positions in Pharmacometrics at Uppsala Univeristy

2011-12-22 Thread Mats Karlsson
Dear all, The Pharmacometrics research group at Uppsala University, Sweden, have openings for 8 Postdoctoral positions in Pharmacometrics in the following areas: . Oncology . Tuberculosis . Antibacterial resistance .