RE: [NMusers] BAYES method and initial estimate bounds

2015-12-22 Thread Bob Leary
...@globomaxnm.com] on behalf of Bauer, Robert [robert.ba...@iconplc.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 1:40 PM To: Bill Gillespie Cc: nmusers@globomaxnm.com Subject: RE: [NMusers] BAYES method and initial estimate bounds Bill: Yes, and when that happens, the execution path is difficult to anticipate. Robert

RE: [NMusers] BAYES method and initial estimate bounds

2015-12-22 Thread Bauer, Robert
c.com<http://www.iconplc.com> From: Bill Gillespie [mailto:bgillespies...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:25 AM To: Bauer, Robert Cc: nmusers@globomaxnm.com Subject: Re: [NMusers] BAYES method and initial estimate bounds Hi Bob, Thanks for the reply. On investigating further I see this hap

Re: [NMusers] BAYES method and initial estimate bounds

2015-12-22 Thread Bill Gillespie
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RE: [NMusers] BAYES method and initial estimate bounds

2015-12-22 Thread Bauer, Robert
Of Bill Gillespie Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 8:14 AM To: nmusers@globomaxnm.com Subject: [NMusers] BAYES method and initial estimate bounds Hi all, If bounds are specified in the $THETA statements for initial estimates, what, if any, effect do they have when the BAYES method is used? I initia

[NMusers] BAYES method and initial estimate bounds

2015-12-22 Thread Bill Gillespie
Hi all, If bounds are specified in the $THETA statements for initial estimates, what, if any, effect do they have when the BAYES method is used? I initially thought they might work in conjunction with the prior specifications to implement truncated priors. However that does not seem to be true be