t-distribution in NONMEM?

From: Yaning Wang Date: July 23, 2003 technical Source: cognigencorp.com
From: "WANG,YANING" <yaning@ufl.edu> Subject: [NMusers] t-distribution in NONMEM? Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 01:43:26 -0400 (EDT) Dear NONMEM users: According to NONMEM user guide, normal distribution is only used for demonstration convenience and not the only distribution available for data analysis. Has anyone tried other distributions for modeling, such as t-distribution to make the model more robust to outliers? How can this be done? Any input is appreciated! Thanks in advance. Yaning Wang Department of Pharmaceutics College of Pharmacy University of Florida
Jul 23, 2003 Yaning Wang t-distribution in NONMEM?
Jul 24, 2003 Vladimir Piotrovskij RE: t-distribution in NONMEM?
Jul 24, 2003 Yaning Wang t-distribution =scaled mixture of normal distributions
Jul 25, 2003 Vladimir Piotrovskij RE: t-distribution =scaled mixture of normal distributions