Hi, thank's for the advice. Unfortunately neither "DEL=0.01" nor "S3=V3" 
resolved the issue. I've also tried log-transforming both sides with no 
improvement.

Regards

Jacob


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-----Original Message-----
From: Elassaiss - Schaap, J. (Jeroen)
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 27 juni 2009 06:17
To: Brogren, Jacob; Nmusers (E-mail)
Subject: RE: [NMusers] Problem with HESSIAN


Hi Jacob,

You could try to replace that part with:
 
DEL  = 0.01
IPRED= FX
W    = SQRT(THETA(8)**2*FX**2 + (1-TYP)*THETA(9)**2 + TYP*THETA(10)**2)
IRES = DV-IPRED
IWRES= IRES/(W+DEL)

Reason: 
1) as long as theta9/10 combination is not zero, the square root does not need 
protection.
2) comparing against a floating number is never a good idea, because of the 
mantra (residual part of a floating number that is not defined). Nonmem/fortran 
mostly seem to do a good job at it nevertheless. However I do not expect the 
result to be guaranteed to protect the division.

Does this help?

Jeroen

Jeroen Elassaiss-Schaap, PhD
Modeling & Simulation Expert
Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics & Pharmacometrics (P3)
Early Clinical Research and Experimental Medicine
Schering-Plough Research Institute
T: +31 41266 9320


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Brogren, Jacob
Sent: Thursday, 25 June, 2009 10:12
To: Nmusers (E-mail)
Subject: [NMusers] Problem with HESSIAN

Hi all,

surely a trivial, but still, problem:

I get

"HESSIAN OF POSTERIOR DENSITY IS NON-POSITIVE-DEFINITE DURING SEARCH"

when trying to run the model (model1 below).

I managed to run the ADVAN4 version (model2 below) and got successful 
minimization and plausible estimates, but now when I want to restate the model 
as defferential equations the problem occurs. What I could find out from 
nmusers was that this has something to do with predictions being zero (right?). 
I try to "protect" with the DEL variable (see code).

Any suggestions?

==========================================================================
Model 1
==========================================================================
$PROB Restate model using $DES

$INPUT ID DAT2=DROP TIME EVID AMT DV MDV UVOL CMT DOSE FOOD OCC AGE CREA CLCR 
TYP

$DATA ../data/data5.csv IGNORE=@

$SUBS ADVAN6 TOL=3
$MODEL COMP=DEPOT   ; 1. Absorption
            COMP=CENTRAL ; 2. Central
            COMP=PERIPH  ; 3. Peripheral
            COMP=URINE   ; 4. Urine (output)

$PK

TVF1 = 1
TVLG = THETA(1)
TVKA = THETA(2)
TVCL = THETA(3)
TCLR = THETA(4)
TVV2 = THETA(5)
TVQ  = THETA(6)
TVV3 = THETA(7)

ALAG1 = TVLG
KA   = TVKA
F1   = TVF1*EXP(ETA(1))
CL   = TVCL
CLR  = TCLR
V2   = TVV2
Q    = TVQ
V3   = TVV3

S2   = V2
S4   = UVOL

$DES
K23 = Q/V2
K32 = Q/V3
K24 = CLR/V2
K20 = (CL-CLR)/V2

DADT(1) = - KA*A(1)
DADT(2) = KA*A(1) - K23*A(2) + K32*A(3) - K20*A(2) - K24*A(2)
DADT(3) = K23*A(2) - K32*A(3)
DADT(4) = K24*A(2)

$ERROR
CP   = A(2)/S2
CUR  = A(4)/S4
FX   = (1-TYP)*CP + TYP*CUR

DEL  = 0
IF (FX.EQ.0) DEL=1
IPRED= FX
W    = SQRT(THETA(8)**2*FX**2 + (1-TYP)*THETA(9)**2 + TYP*THETA(10)**2 + DEL)
IRES = DV-IPRED
IWRES= IRES/W

Y = IPRED + ERR(1)*W

$THETA
(0,...)         ; ALAG1 (lag time)
(0,...)           ; KA
(0,...)          ; CL
(0,...)          ; CLR
(0,...)         ; V2
(0,...)           ; Q
(0,...)         ; V3
(0,...)         ; proportional error
(0,...)           ; additive error (plasma)
(0,...)           ; additive error (urine)

$OMEGA 0.09

$SIGMA 1 FIX

$EST PRINT=1 MAXEVAL=9999 METHOD=1 INTER POSTHOC

$COV PRINT=E
==========================================================================
Model 2
==========================================================================
$PROB Renal data included

$INPUT ID DAT2=DROP TIME EVID AMT DV MDV UVOL CMT DOSE FOOD OCC AGE CREA CLCR 
TYP

$DATA ../data/data4.csv IGNORE=@

$SUBS ADVAN4 TRANS4

$PK

TVF1 = 1
TVLG = THETA(1)
TVKA = THETA(2)
TVCL = THETA(3)
TCLR = THETA(4)
TVV2 = THETA(5)
TVQ  = THETA(6)
TVV3 = THETA(7)

ALAG1 = TVLG*EXP(ETA(1))
KA   = TVKA
F1   = TVF1
CL   = TVCL
CLR  = TCLR
V2   = TVV2
Q    = TVQ
V3   = TVV3

F0   = CLR/CL
S2   = V2
S0   = UVOL

$ERROR

DEL  = 0
IF (F.EQ.0) DEL=1
IPRED=F
W    = SQRT(THETA(8)**2*FX**2 + (1-TYP)*THETA(9)**2 + TYP*THETA(10)**2 + DEL)
IRES = DV-IPRED
IWRES= IRES/W

Y = F + ERR(1)*W

$THETA
(0,...)      ; ALAG1 (lag time)
(0,...)         ; KA
(0,...)          ; CL
(0,...)          ; CLR
(0,...)         ; V2
(0,...)          ; Q
(0,...)         ; V3
(0,...)      ; proportional error (plasma)
(0,...)           ; additive error (plasma)
(0,...)           ; additive error (urine)

$OMEGA 0.09

$SIGMA 1 FIX

$EST PRINT=1 MAXEVAL=9999 METHOD=1 INTER POSTHOC

$COV PRINT=E
==============================================================================
Data file (data5.csv) for ADVAN6 model. First ID. ([...]=masked data) 
==============================================================================
ID      DAT2            TIME    EVID    AMT     DV      MDV     UVOL    CMT     
[...]   TYP
101     1973-07-10      08:19   2        .       .      1        .      4       
[...]   1
101     1973-07-10      08:21   0        .       .      1        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      08:30   1       10000    .      1        .      1       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      08:46   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      09:01   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      09:17   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      09:31   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      10:01   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      10:31   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      11:01   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      11:31   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      12:30   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      14:14   0        .      [...]   0       0.6     4       
[...]   1
101     1973-07-10      14:14   2        .       .      1        .      -4      
[...]   1
101     1973-07-10      14:14   2        .       .      1        .      4       
[...]   1
101     1973-07-10      14:31   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      17:30   0        .       .      1        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      20:30   0        .       .      1        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      20:44   0        .      [...]   0       0.8     4       
[...]   1
101     1973-07-10      20:44   2        .       .      1        .      -4      
[...]   1
101     1973-07-10      20:44   2        .       .      1        .      4       
[...]   1
101     1973-07-11      08:31   0        .       .      1        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-11      08:51   0        .      [...]   0       0.7     4       
[...]   1
101     1973-07-11      08:51   2        .       .      1        .      -4      
[...]   1
[...]
==============================================================================
Data file (data4.csv) for ADVAN4 model. First ID. ([...]=masked data) 
==============================================================================
ID      DAT2            TIME    EVID    AMT     DV      MDV     UVOL    CMT     
[...]   TYP
101     1973-07-10      08:19   2        .       .      1        .      4       
[...]   1
101     1973-07-10      08:21   0        .       .      1        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      08:30   1       10000    .      1        .      1       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      08:46   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      09:01   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      09:17   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      09:31   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      10:01   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      10:31   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      11:01   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      11:31   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      12:30   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      14:14   0        .      [...]   0       0.6     -4      
[...]   1
101     1973-07-10      14:14   2        .       .      1        .      4       
[...]   1
101     1973-07-10      14:31   0        .      [...]   0        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      17:30   0        .       .      1        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      20:30   0        .       .      1        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-10      20:44   0        .      [...]   0       0.5     -4      
[...]   1
101     1973-07-10      20:44   2        .       .      1        .      4       
[...]   1
101     1973-07-11      08:31   0        .       .      1        .      2       
[...]   0
101     1973-07-11      08:51   0        .      [...]   0       0.7     -4      
[...]   1
[...]
====================================================================
Best regards

Jacob
-------------------------------------------------
Jacob Brogren MSc Pharm
Senior Research Scientist
Pharmacometrics
Clinical Pharmacology and DMPK
AstraZeneca R&D Södertälje
SE-151 85 Södertälje Sweden
Tel. +46 8 553 236 33
Fax +46 8 553 274 91
[email protected]
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