RE: nm7 IMP method question
Ethan:
We have noticed this occurs with IMP on a few other problems. We have
modified the code so this occurs less often, and the change will be in
NONMEM 7.2, scheduled for January. Meanwhile, as Sebastian suggested,
only SAEM needs an IMP EONLY=1 step. The importance sampler itself
produces its own standard errors, so your first IMP statement with
EONLY=0 (implied) should be enough.
Robert J. Bauer, Ph.D.
Vice President, Pharmacometrics
ICON Development Solutions
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Ethan Wu
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:14 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [NMusers] nm7 IMP method question
Dear users,
I recently started using IMP methods offered by nm7.
In the first IMP step, I had 100 iterations and the OBJ was quite
stable already around 20 iterations.
In the second IMP step to obtain SE of the estimate,
as "$EST METHOD=IMP EONLY=1 INTERACTION NOABORT NITER=20 SIGL=4 NSIG=1
PRINT=1 ISAMPLE=300 DF=4 IACCEPT=1",
the OBJ value kept increasing as iteration moved. at the end, the SE for
the model parameter estimate was not bad (<50%RES)
could someone help me understand why OBJ continue increasing in the
second IMP step?
thanks.