Error message
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:44:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: SRIRAM KRISHNASWAMI <Sriram.Krishnaswami@dupontpharma.com>
Subject: Error message
Dear All
Could anybody help me with the following error message
0PROGRAM TERMINATED BY OBJ
ERROR IN NCONTR WITH INDIVIDUAL 1 ID=0.10000000E+01
NUMERICAL HESSIAN OF OBJ. FUNC. FOR COMPUTING CONDITIONAL ESTIMATE
IS NON POSITIVE DEFINITE
MESSAGE ISSUED FROM ESTIMATION STEP
AT 0TH ITERATION, UPON EVALUATION OF GRADIENT WITH RESPECT TO OMEGA
0TRY SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASING "INITIAL ESTIMATE OF SIGMA"
Stop - Program terminated
I am trying to use the FOCE method to analyze the data when this error message appears.
FO method works very well for the same initial sigma and omega estimates
And no matter how much the omegas and sigmas are , this error message appears with the FOCE method.
Thanks in advance
Sriram