Re: [NMusers] Time-varing covariate

2013-08-25 Thread mats karlsson
Hi Leonid, You're right. Best regards, Mats Skickat från min iPhone 25 aug 2013 kl. 02:12 skrev "lgibian...@quantpharm.com" : > I think there was a typo, should it be: > IF(TIME.GT.OTIM) CCOV=OCOV+(T-OTIM)*(COV-OCOV)/(TIME-OTIM) ;CCOV is linear > ? > Leonid > Original email: > --

Re: [NMusers] Reducing ETAs actually decreased OFV

2013-08-25 Thread Xinting Wang
Dear Leonid, I tried with your method and found the same result. The initial estimation of the added ETA was set at 0.01, and the result showed an increase of OFV. Please see below the $PK part of the control file for more information. Many thanks. Dear Bill, Could you please explain that in a l

Re: [NMusers] Reducing ETAs actually decreased OFV

2013-08-25 Thread Denney, William S.
Hi Xinting, When I've seen this before, it is due to the model approaching non-convergence. Given the model that you're showing below, I'd guess that your issue is coming from the eta on Q or V3 because it is rare to have enough data to fit true IIV there. Thanks, Bill On Aug 25, 2013, at 8

Re: [NMusers] Reducing ETAs actually decreased OFV

2013-08-25 Thread Leonid Gibiansky
Hi Xinting, You should be able to do it. Let's check it again this way 1. You run the model with all ETAs included, but one ETA (the one that was excluded in the reduced model) is fixed to zero. You should be able to reproduce your "reduced ETA" result (OF) 2. You take the same control stream, a