[ADMB Users] separable runs slower in Catch-at-Age model

[Arni Magnusson]

Thanks Hans, for pointing that out.

Does this mean that http://otter-rsch.com/admbre/examples/caest/caest.html 
is not a very good ADMB-RE example, since it uses FUNCTIONs?

Arni



On Mon, 23 Nov 2009, H. Skaug wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The user manual states that you should use SEPARABLE_FUNCTIONS in this 
> situation, not FUNCTION.
>
> I have no idea what happens if you use FUNCTION.
>
> Hans
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 20 2009, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson wrote:
>
>> At http://www.hafro.is/~thg/langtn/re/care/ there are files caresnr.tpl 
>> and .dat where catch at age data (7x41) is simulated with errors in 
>> catch, recruitment and stock (i.e. M?). Random walk in F and Selection. 
>> Exactly the same model is fitted with all variables initialised to 
>> their true value. Random effects are N(age,year), F(year) and 50% 
>> Selection_age(year) When I change all the SEPARABLE_FUNCTIONS to just 
>> FUNCTION the run-time is slightly shorter.
>>
>> The run command is in file xrun on the directory.
>>
>>> uname -a is:
>>
>> Linux hafskip 2.6.30.9-96.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 4 00:02:04 EST 
>> 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> 1.9GB memory.
>