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Re: st: RE: difficult ML program


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: difficult ML program
Date   Tue, 4 Mar 2008 20:38:53 +0000 (GMT)

generally, if you want to use the same parameter twice in a likelihood
function, than just do exactly that, i.e. use `theta1' both times and
remove `theta2' from the -args- command.

also there is some redundancy:

qui gen double `ua' = exp(...)
qui replace `lnf' = log(`ua')

can be replaced by:

qui replace `lnf' = ...

-- Maarten

--- Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:

> My guess is that you need to hide less and show and explain more. 
> 
> If you -set trace on- where does the program crash? 
> 
> The error code you cite, 111, is invalid syntax, which by itself is 
> not helpful. 
> 
> replace`lnf' = log(`ua')
> 
> would very probably not work. There needs to be a space after
> -replace-.
> 
> 
> Nick 
> [email protected] 
> 
> Lenny Stoeldraijer
> 
> I'm trying to make my own maximum likelihood model, but I can't get
> it
> right. The first part looks okay (I think), but then I have to define
> the function which is called ua, which looks like:
> exp(uncc*(b+hazu)-exp(b)*survu), where b is the coefficient to be
> estimated. This coefficient is thus used twice but once with an
> exponential. So far, my code looks like this (I've left some parts
> out):
> 
> program define myml
> args lnf covu lu0 lu1 lu2 ... theta1 theta2
> tempvar hazu survu ua
> quietly gen double `hazu' = `covu'+`lu0'+dtu1*`lu1'+dtu2*`lu2'+...
> quietly gen double `survu' =
> exp(`covu'+`lu0')*(btu0+btu1*exp(`lu1')+btu2*exp(`lu2')+...
> quietly gen double `ua' = exp(`theta1'+uncc*`hazu'-`theta2')
> replace`lnf' = log(`ua')
> end
> ml model lf myml (covu: ... , nocons) (luo: ... , nocons) (lu1:...)
> (lu2:...) ... (theta1: uncc) (theta2: `survu'), technique(bhhh)
> 
> In the code I thus have different estimates for the b (once in theta1
> and once in theta2). I've tried to include a constraint (e.g.
> b1=log(b2)), but then I get errors (111 for example).
> 
> 
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