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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NO-BOK link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>This framework is more narrow ADMB-RE, but powerful<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>for the cases it covers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Hans<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> developers-bounces@admb-project.org [mailto:developers-bounces@admb-project.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Maunder<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 18, 2011 6:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> developers@admb-project.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Developers] Bayesian inference integrated nested Laplace<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Guys,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US>There is a whole R package for implementing </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold'>Approximate Bayesian inference for latent Gaussian<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold'>models by using integrated nested Laplace<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold'>approximations</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>see<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.r-inla.org/">http://www.r-inla.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A description of the method is at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.math.ntnu.no/~hrue/r-inla.org/papers/inla-rss.pdf">http://www.math.ntnu.no/~hrue/r-inla.org/papers/inla-rss.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Mark Maunder <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IATTC fall workshop: Using Oceanography for Fisheries Stock Assessment and Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>11-14 October 2011, La Jolla, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.fisheriesstockassessment.com/TikiWiki/tiki-index.php?page=Using+Oceanography+for+Fisheries+Stock+Assessment+and+Management+2011">http://www.fisheriesstockassessment.com/TikiWiki/tiki-index.php?page=Using+Oceanography+for+Fisheries+Stock+Assessment+and+Management+2011</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Head of the Stock Assessment Program <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ADMB Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>8604 La Jolla Shores Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>La Jolla, CA, 92037-1508, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Tel: (858) 546-7027<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Fax: (858) 546-7133<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:mmaunder@iattc.org">mmaunder@iattc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.fisheriesstockassessment.com/TikiWiki/tiki-index.php?page=Mark+Maunder">http://www.fisheriesstockassessment.com/TikiWiki/tiki-index.php?page=Mark+Maunder</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Visit the AD Model Builder project at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <a href="http://admb-project.org/">http://admb-project.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>See the following website for information on fisheries stock assessment <a href="http://www.fisheriesstockassessment.com/">http://www.fisheriesstockassessment.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>