Jun,
In addition to Elodie's clear explanation of the basic process of using
$SIM and $EST in the same control stream you may wish to know that you
don't have to use the same parameters for simulation as those used for
estimation. The ICALL variable has a value of 4 when NONMEM is
simulating so you can do this:
$THETA
1 FIX ; sim_CL
10 ; est_CL
$PK
IF (ICALL.EQ.4) THEN ; for simulation
CL=THETA(1)
ELSE ; for estimation
CL=THETA(2)
ENDIF
Nick
Elodie Plan wrote:
Dear Jun,
When $SIM and $EST on the same model file, the simulation will be run
first, based on initial values, and then, afterwards, the estimation
of the simulated data will be done, that’s it, no further
re-simulation based on the estimated parameters will follow.
So what you should do is first to analyze your observed data in an
estimation model file, and then report your estimated parameters as
initial values to run your simulation-estimation study; this allows
you to compare estimates of real data to estimates of simulated data,
so to check simulation properties of your model.
I hope this helps,
Elodie
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jun Shen
*Sent:* Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:01 AM
*To:* nmusers@globomaxnm.com
*Subject:* [NMusers] How $simulation work with $estimation
Dear NMusers,
I wonder how does $Simulation work with $Estimation in NONMEM exactly?
The manual says, NONMEM will simulate DVs and replace the original DVs
based on the parameter initial values. But the initial values are not
final
estimates. Does the simulation based on initial values make sense? Do
$Estimation and $Simulation run alternatively? The $Simulation generates a
set of data based on which the parameters are estimated? And then the
predictions are made on the estimated parameters? A little confused.
Appreciate any comment.
Jun
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