Re: st: During simulations, what to do if the regression-based model does not converge?

[brendan.halpin@ul.ie (Brendan Halpin)]

On Tue, Jun 19 2012, Tiago V. Pereira wrote:

> The most intuitive algorithm would be
>
> if [mvmeta b V, reml takes too much time to run] {
>
> break
>
> and continue as
>
> mvmeta b V, mm
> }

Try:

. mvmeta b V, reml iterate(100)
. if e(converged)==0 {
.   di in red "NO CONVERGENCE, fitting method of moments model"
.   mvmeta b V, mm
. }

This assumes mvmeta takes the standard iterate() option and returns
e(converged), which is the normal Stata practice. 

Brendan
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