Re: st: RE: st :why one ml program doesn't give the same results twice ?

[Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk>]

--- Stas Kolenikov
> Theoretically, it is possible that -ml search- produced
> random starting values that led to a different local maximum.

--- On Tue, 4/5/10, Valerie Orozco wrote:
> The problem is that closing Stata,
> opening another Session, and running gives the same
> results.
> The difference appears when running after a previous
> estimation (of same ml program)
 
That does not preclude Stas's suggestion: the seed is reset
as you start a new session. For example type -di runiform()-
close stata, start a new session, and type -di runiform()-
again, you'll see that both give the same results.

So, to test this you'll need to start with 
set seed 12345
set sortseed 12345
macro drop _all
<your ml program>

set seed 12345
set sortseed 12345
macro drop _all
<your ml program>

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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