[ADMB Users] Fwd: Novice question on ADMB on Mac

[John Sibert]

I agree that Hans' suggestion is a good one. Finding someone who will 
actually do it is a different question.

John

Ben Bolker wrote:
>   "Non-trivial" would be the word I would use for an awk script (if not
> "nightmare" ...).  Among other things, WinBUGS is "non-causal" -- the
> relationships among variables can be defined in any order ... (Of course
> I'd be happy to be proved wrong.)
>
>   Closer to the realm of possibility is to translate a formula-specified
> mixed model (from, say, R) to both WinBUGS (as is done by the glmmBUGS
> package) and ADMB.  I second Hans Skaug's opinion that a simple worked
> example would be a great starting point (not sure exactly when I will
> get around to it though ...)
>
>   Ben
>
> John Sibert wrote:
>   
>> Without knowing anything about WinBUGS, I'm guessing it would not be too 
>> hard to write an awk script to convert a WinBUGS program to ADMB. But 
>> this might be my first really dumb idea of the new decade.
>>
>> John
>>
>> H. Skaug wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I cannot comment on running ADMB under Mac, but I would like
>>> to point out that a step-by-step instruction for how to migrate
>>> a WinBUGS program to ADMB would be very useful to have.
>>>
>>> If anybody is willing upload such a description on their webpage
>>> we can link it in through Examples.
>>>
>>> Hans
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to try ADMB as an alternative to WinBUGS. I'm glad to see that
>>>> the software is now available on Mac. I have downloaded it, and I have a
>>>> very dummy question: now what do I do? Where is the program, or where is the
>>>> xcode project?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for help!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Guillaume Chapron, PhD
>>>>
>>>> Assistant Professor
>>>> Grimsö Wildlife Research Station
>>>> Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
>>>> SE - 73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
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John Sibert
Emeritus Researcher, SOEST
University of Hawaii at Manoa

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