similar to: "False convergence" in LME

Dear R-help list readers, I am fitting mixed models with the lme function of the nlme package. If I get convergence depends on how the method (ML/REM) and which (and how much) parameters will depend randomly on the cluster-variable. How get the bist fit without convergence? I set the parameters msVerbose and returnObject to TRUE: lmeControl(maxIter=50000, msMaxIter=200, tolerance=1e-4,

Dear R-Users, Is it possible to get the covariance matrix from an lme model that did not converge ? I am doing a simulation which entails fitting linear mixed models, using a "for loop". Within each loop, i generate a new data set and analyze it using a mixed model. The loop stops When the "lme function" does not converge for a simulated dataset. I want to

Hi R-users, I'm attempting to fit a number of mixed models, all with the same structure, across a spatial grid with data points collected at various time points within each grid cell. I'm trying to use a 'for' loop to try the model fit on each grid cell. In some cells lme does not converge, giving me the error: Error message: In lme.formula(logarea ~ year + summ_d, data =

Hope one of you could help with the following question/problem: We would like to explain the spatial distribution of juvenile fish. We have 2135 records, from 75 vessels (code_tripnr) and 7 to 39 observations for each vessel, hence the random effect for code_tripnr. The offset (‘offsetter’) accounts for the haul duration and sub sampling factor. There are no extreme outliers in lat/lon. The model

Hi. I was wondering if anyone might have some suggestions about how I can overcome a problem of "iteration limit reached without convergence" when fitting a mixed effects model. In this study: Outcome is a measure of heart action Age is continuous (in weeks) Gender is Male or Female (0 or 1) Genotype is Wild type or knockout (0 or 1) Animal is the Animal ID as a factor

According to the R documentation for NLMINB, the returned value of convergence is 0 for successful convergence. When I got another code (1), I looked up the PDF that linked from the documentation (http://netlib.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/153.pdf), which said that a return code under 3 was impossible. Is there other documentation that gives the correct meanings of the NLMINB convergence codes in

I have a question about the lme function in R. My question is: After I got the object from function lme, why the numIter value of the object is always NULL? Following is my code: jjww<-lme(y~x*zz,data=simul,random=~x|group, control=lmeControl(returnObject=TRUE)) attributes(jjww) jjww$numIter the first 20 observation of data simul are: > simul y

I am writing a program in which I would like to take in a formula, change the response (Y) variable into something else, and then pass the formula, with the new Y variable to another function. That is, I am starting with formula <- Y~X1+X2+X3 and I'd like to do something like Y <- formula$Y newY <- f(Y) lm(newY~X1+X2+X3) So far, it seems that my

Dear R developers, is there a preferred format or strategy for making a patch to contribute to a package that is maintained by R-core? Berwin Turlach and I have written a very minor extension to lmeControl to allow it to pass an argument to nlminb for the maximum number of evaluations of the objective function. I've edited the nlme/R/lme.R and nlme/man/lmeControl.Rd files. I can diff the

I am using R 2.7.0 on a linux platform. I am trying to reproduce a 2002 example using lme from the nlme library. I want to change the otimizer from the default (nlminb) to optim. Specifically, this is what I am trying to do: R> library(nlme) R> library(car) # for data only R> data(Blackmoor) # from car R> Blackmoor$log.exercise <- log(Blackmoor$exercise + 5/60, 2) R>

Hello, I am working from a linux 64 machine on a server with R-2.12 (I can't update to 2.13). I am iterating through many linear mixed models for longitudinal data and I occasionally receive the following convergence error: > BI.lme <- lme(cd4 ~ time + genBI + genBI:time + C1 + C2 + C11 + C12, random =~ 1 + time | IID, data = d) Error in lme.formula(cd4 ~ time + genBI + genBI:time +

I am having the same problem as one Rebecca Sela(see bellow). On 21/12/2007 12:07 AM, Rebecca Sela wrote: >* I am trying to optimize a likelihood function using NLMINB. After running without a problem for quite a few iterations (enough that my intermediate output extends further than I can scroll back), it tries a vector of parameter values NaN. This has happened with multiple Monte Carlo

I am trying to estimate models with subsets using the NLME package. However, I am getting an error in the case below (among others): > subset <- c(rep(TRUE, 107), FALSE) > fm2 <- lme(distance ~ age + Sex, data = Orthodont, random = ~ 1, subset=subset) Error in xj[i] : invalid subscript type 'closure' > fm2 <- lme(distance ~ age + Sex, data = Orthodont, random = ~ 1,

I am in the process of submitting a package to CRAN. R CMD check ran successfully on the package on my local computer, using R version 2.1.1. However, on the computers for CRAN (with version 2.10.0), the following errors occurred: Warning in parse_Rd("./man/predict.Rd", encoding = "unknown") : ./man/predict.Rd:28: unknown macro '\dquote' *** error on file

When I use a model fit with LME, I get an error if I try to use "predict" with a dataset consisting of a single line. For example, using this data: > simpledata Y t D ID 1 -1.464740870 1 0 1 2 1.222911373 2 0 1 3 -0.605996798 3 0 1 4 0.155692707 4 0 1 5 3.849619772 1 0 2 6 4.289213902 2 0 2 7 2.369407737 3 0 2 8 2.249052533 4 0 2 9 0.920044316 1

I am creating an R package. I ran R CMD check on the package, and everything passed until it tried to run the examples. Then, the result was: * checking examples ... ERROR Running examples in REEMtree-Ex.R failed. The error most likely occurred in: > ### * AutoCorrelationLRtest > > flush(stderr()); flush(stdout()) > > ### Name: AutoCorrelationLRtest > ### Title: Test for

Dear R-help list readers, I am fitting a mixed model using the lme function (R V 2.3.1 for Windows). This is an example: dep<-c(25,40,33.33,60,70.83,72,71.43,50,40,53.33,64,54.17,60,53.57) yes<-c(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,0,1,2,3,4,5,6) treat<-c(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0) #factor If I now fit a model with random slopes as well as intercepts: model1<-lme(dep~yes,random=yes|treat) R

Hello, all, I am running some simulations to estimate power for a complicated epidemiological study, and am using lme and lmer to get these estimates. I have to run a few thousand iterations, and once in a great while, an iteration will create fake data such that the model won't converge. I see from Google searches that this is not an uncommon situation. My question: is there a way to

I've come into some code that produces different results under R 2.1.1 and R 2.2.1. I'm really unfamiliar with the libraries in question (MASS and nlme), so I don't know if this is a bug in my code, or a regression in R. If it's a bug on my end, I'd appreciate any advice on potential causes and relevant documentation. The code:

Hi, I'm trying to fit some data using a logistic function defined as y ~ a * (1+m*exp(-x/tau)) / (1+n*exp(-x/tau) My data is below: x <- 1:100 y <- c(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,3,4,4,4,5, 5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,8,8,9,9,10,13,14,16,19,21, 24,28,33,40,42,44,50,54,69,70,93,96,110,127,127,141,157,169,