checkthetasubset {SparseMSE}

Check a subset of the parameter set theta

Description

This routine leaves out a particular set of parameters corresponding to the two-list effects from the parameter set theta. For the resulting model, it constructs the linear programming problem to check whether the extended maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters exists. It is called internally by checkallmodels.

Usage

checkthetasubset(zset, amat, tvec, nlists)

Arguments

zset

set of indices that is not included, numbered among the two-list effects only

amat

a design matrix

tvec

vector of sufficient statistics

nlists

number of lists in the original capture-recapture matrix

Value

If the return result is TRUE, the linear program shows that the extended maximum likelihood estimate does not exist. If the return result is FALSE, the estimate exists.