Alejandro - There is a rather arcane description of how to set initial
values on pp.115-6 of the ml-manual. Perhaps I can save you some frustration
by giving you a simple example where you are only setting values for the
"constant" terms in each linear combination:
ml model lf radpow (zal:`1'= ) (zbe:`3') (ga: )
ml init zal:_cons=-5.0 /zbe:_cons=-3.5 /ga:_cons=1.5
Quite often, however, the reason you get the "could not find feasible
values" message is because something is wrong with the way your likelihood
is calculated (trying to take log of a negative number, or partially missing
data, etc)
Hope this helps
Al Feiveson
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Hi all,
How do you set initial values in a maximum likelihood
program?
I am trying to run a ML program using lf and d0 but with ML
search the computer can't find values to solve my program
using ml search and I get the message "could not find
feasible values" does that mean that my program is wrong?
When I run ml check it stops after test 2 and gives back the
same error message. Can I solve this by specifying inital
values?
Thanks,
Alejandro
Alejandro Lopez-Feldman
Ph.D. Candidate
UC DAVIS
Agricultural and Resource Economics
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