The answer to my question is that I needed to use the "proper" names of the model coefficients. The coefficients are reported in estimates as /a1 /a2, etc.
The lincom syntax is
lincom 1- _b[/a1] - _b[/a2] - _b[/a3] - _b[/a4]
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>Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:34:01 -0600 (CST)
>From: Carl Nelson <[email protected]>
>Subject: st: lincom after nlsur
>To: [email protected]
>
>When I estimate a nonlinear equation system with a function evaluation program using the syntax
>
>nlsur aids5 @ w1 w2 w3 w4 np1 np2 np3 np4 np5 nw, /*
>*/ parameters(a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 g11 g12 g13 g14 /*
>*/ g22 g23 g24 g33 g34 g44) nequations(4)
>
>The estimates report gives me parameters a1 - g44.
>But when I try to construct linear combinations of parameters with
>
>lincom 1 - a1 - a2 - a3 - a4
>
>,for example, a1 can not be found. In the online documentation I can not find reference to how to retrieve nonlinear parameters for expressions in lincom after nonlinear estimation.
>
>Can someone tell me the correct syntax for lincom after nonlinear estimation? Thanks.
>
>Carl Nelson
>University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
>
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