Statalist


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

RE: st: Please help with maximum likelihood (method lf)


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: Please help with maximum likelihood (method lf)
Date   Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:05:08 -0000

In addition earlier posts advised the use of -set trace- and queried the
use of colons. 
If Katia searches the archives, she will find several attempts to help
her. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Maarten buis

One thing that strikes me is that you haven't specified a dependent
variable. 

Other than that I would split up the likelihood in smaller parts, with
a bunch of -tempvars- (-doubles- of course), like so:

tempvar part1 part2 part3 part4 part5 

gen double `part1' = (((`m')*(`g')+(`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`p'))^bo)
gen double `part2' = (((`m')*(`mg')+(`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`mp'))^bq)
gen double `part3' = (((`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`p'))^so)
gen double `part4' = (((`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`mp'))^sq)
gen double `part5' = (((`mu')*(`me'))^n))
etc

replace `lnf' = ln((`a')*(`d')* \\\
`part1'*`part2'*`part3'*`part4'*`part5'+...)

I would change part1 part2 etc in more substantively meaningful names.
For example, I often create temprorary variables called num and denom
(for the numerator and the denominator of a fraction). This does not
change your likelihood, but it makes the code easier to read and debug.

The third bit of advise I can give you is to start debugging a very
much simplified version of your likelihood. Often when you restrict
parameters of these likelihoods to certain values, the model collapses
to a much simpler special cases (for which a official Stata command may
exist). Debug your program for such a special case (and check against
the result from the official Stata equivalent if it exists), and than
add one by one the additional parameters to your model.

Katia Bobulova
> 
> I am trying to perform a maximum likelihood that it is a little bit
> complicate for me.
> I specified the model and after that I used the command ml check to
> control that everything was fine, but I received the message that
> there are too few variables specified.
> 
> Could you please help me to understand what is wrong with my model? I
> really need help!
> 
> Following my program:
> 
> program define myprogram
> version 10.0
> args lnf a d m e g p
> 
> tempvar eh  mu ma me md mg mp
> 
> quietly gen double `eh'=0.7*`e'
> quietly gen double `mu'=1-`m'
> quietly gen double `ma'=1-`a'
> quietly gen double `me'=1-`e'
> quietly gen double `md'=1-`d'
> quietly gen double `mg'=1-`g'
> quietly gen double `mp'=1-`p'
> 
> quietly replace
>
`lnf'=ln((`a')*(`d')*((((`m')*(`g')+(`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`p'))^bo)*(((`m
')*(`mg')+(`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`mp'))^bq)*(((`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`p'))^s
o)*(((`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`mp'))^sq)*(((`mu')*(`me'))^n))+(`a')*(`md')*(
(((`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`p'))^bo)*(((`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`mp'))^bq)*(((`m
')*(`g')+(`mu')*(`e')*(`eh')*(`p'))^so)*(((`m')*(`mg')+(`mu')*(`e')*(`eh
')*(`mp'))^sq)*(((`mu')*(`me'))^n))+(`ma')*((((`e')*(`eh')*(`p'))^bo)*((
(`e')*(`eh')*(`mp'))^bq)*(((`e')*(`eh')*(`p'))^so)*(((`e')*(`eh')*(`mp')
)^sq)*((`me')^n))
> 
> end
> 
> ml model lf myprogram (a:) (d:) (m:) (e:) (g:) (p:)
> ml check
> 
> After this I receive the error message.

*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/



© Copyright 1996–2024 StataCorp LLC   |   Terms of use   |   Privacy   |   Contact us   |   What's new   |   Site index