[ADMB Users] glmmADMB error message

[Ben Bolker]

  Well, *something* must have changed ... did you update ADMB to a
newer version?  Can you
post the results of sessionInfo?  Can you post your data somewhere?

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Lisa Denmead <lhdenmead at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry, no, this isn't the solution:
>
> model2<-glmm.admb(aabundm2~babundm2+tramplingf*litterf,random=~1,group="block",
> data=shit, family='nbinom')
> Error in glmm.admb(aabundm2 ~ babundm2 + tramplingf * litterf, random = ~1,
> :
>   Argument "group" must be a character string specifying the name of the
> grouping variable (also when "random" is missing)
>
> I'm pretty sure I have the syntax right, as I have run the model in the way
> I had it in the past and it has worked..
>
> but thanks anyway!
>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Mollie Brooks <mbrooks at ufl.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Lisa,
>> It looks like you have the syntax wrong. You may want to try
>>
>>
>> model2<-glmm.admb(aabundm2~babundm2+tramplingf*litterf,random=~1,group="block",
>> data=exp, family='nbinom')
>>
>> This wil give each block a random intercept.
>> There's a new version coming out soon which has a syntax more familiar to
>> R users.They just need to get the binaries built.
>> See http://glmmadmb.r-forge.r-project.org/ for updates.
>> best,
>> Mollie
>> Mollie Brooks
>> Ph.D. Candidate
>> NSF IGERT Fellow
>> Biology Department
>> University of Florida
>> mbrooks at ufl.edu
>> www.zoology.ufl.edu/mbrooks
>>
>>
>> On 2 Aug 2011, at 3:18 AM, Lisa Denmead wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Up until earlier today I have been using glmmADMB with no real issues, but
>> now every model I try and run comes up with the error below, even though I
>> have run it with this data before. I have been in contact with some other
>> students using this and they seem to be having the same problem, yet none of
>> us can figure out where we are going wrong. Any advice would be greatly
>> appreciated!
>>
>> >
>> > model2<-glmm.admb(aabundm2~babundm2+tramplingf*litterf,random=~1|block,group="group",
>> > data=exp, family='nbinom')
>>  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
>>
>>
>>
>>  - final statistics:
>> 13 variables; iteration 0; function evaluation 0
>> Function value -1.#INDe+000; maximum gradient component mag -1.#INDe+000
>> Exit code = 0;  converg criter  1.0000e-004
>> Var   Value    Gradient   |Var   Value    Gradient   |Var   Value
>> Gradient
>>   1  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  2  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  3  0.0000
>> -1.#INDe+000
>>   4  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  5  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  6  0.0000
>> -1.#INDe+000
>>   7  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  8  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  9  0.0000
>> -1.#INDe+000
>>  10  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 | 11  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 | 12  0.0000
>> -1.#INDe+000
>>  13  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |
>>
>>
>>
>>  - final statistics:
>> 13 variables; iteration 0; function evaluation 0
>> Function value -1.#INDe+000; maximum gradient component mag -1.#INDe+000
>> Exit code = 0;  converg criter  1.0000e-004
>> Var   Value    Gradient   |Var   Value    Gradient   |Var   Value
>> Gradient
>>   1  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  2  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  3  0.0000
>> -1.#INDe+000
>>   4  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  5  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  6  0.0000
>> -1.#INDe+000
>>   7  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  8  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |  9  0.0000
>> -1.#INDe+000
>>  10  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 | 11  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 | 12  0.0000
>> -1.#INDe+000
>>  13  0.0000 -1.#INDe+000 |
>>  inner maxg = -1.#IO  Inner f = -1.#IO
>>  f = -1.#IND max g = 1.#QNAN
>> Newton raphson 1  Error in matrix inverse -- matrix singular in
>> inv(dmatrix)
>> Error in matrix inverse -- matrix singular in inv(dmatrix)
>> Error in glmm.admb(aabundm2 ~ babundm2 + tramplingf * litterf, random = ~1
>> |  :
>>   The function maximizer failed
>> In addition: Warning messages:
>> 1: running command 'C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c
>> "C:/Users/20731259/Documents/R/win-library/2.13/glmmADMB/bin/windows/nbmm.exe"
>> -maxfn 500 ' had status 1
>> 2: In shell(cmd, invisible = TRUE) :
>>
>> '"C:/Users/20731259/Documents/R/win-library/2.13/glmmADMB/bin/windows/nbmm.exe"
>> -maxfn 500 ' execution failed with error code 1
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,Lisa
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