[R] No convergence using ADAPT

[Robert A LaBudde]

What versions of "adapt" and R are you using? The current package was 
built with R-2.5.1.

I tried your program with R-2.5.0, and got the answer 0.1501053 in 
just a few seconds.

At 03:20 PM 7/7/2007, Philip wrote:
>I am trying calculate a probability using numerical integration. The first
>program I ran spit out an answer in a very short time. The program is below:
>
>## START PROGRAM
>
>trial <- function(input)
>
>{
>pmvnorm(lower = c(0,0), upper = c(2, 2), mean = input, sigma = 
>matrix(c(.1, 0,
>0, .1), nrow = 2, ncol = 2, byrow = FALSE))
>}
>
>require(mvtnorm)
>require(adapt)
>
>bottomB <- -5*sqrt(.1)
>topB <- 2 + 5*sqrt(.1)
>areaB <- (topB - bottomB)^2
>
>unscaled.Po.in.a <- adapt(2, lo = c(bottomB, bottomB), up = c(topB, topB),
>minpts = 1000, eps = 1e-4, functn = trial)
>
>(1/areaB)*unscaled.Po.in.a$value
>
>## FINISH PROGRAM
>
>I tried to run the program again changing a.) sigma in the trial 
>function, b.)
>upper in the trial function, and c.) the bounds of integration; that is,
>bottomB and topB.  The new program is below:
>
>## START PROGRAM
>
>trial <- function(input)
>
>{
>pmvnorm(lower = c(0,0), upper = c(10, 10), mean = input, sigma = 
>matrix(c(.01,
>0, 0, .01), nrow = 2, ncol = 2, byrow = FALSE))
>}
>
>require(mvtnorm)
>require(adapt)
>
>bottomB <- -5*sqrt(.01)
>topB <- 10 + 5*sqrt(.01)
>areaB <- (topB - bottomB)^2
>
>unscaled.Po.in.a <- adapt(2, lo = c(bottomB, bottomB), up = c(topB, topB),
>minpts = 1000, eps = 1e-4, functn = trial)
>
>(1/areaB)*unscaled.Po.in.a$value
>
>## FINISH PROGRAM
>
>Now, the program just runs and runs (48 hours at last count!).  By playing
>around with the program, I have deduced the program is highly sensitive to
>changing the upper option in the trial function.  For example, using a vector
>like (4, 4) causes no problems and the program quickly yields an answer.  I
>have a couple of other programs where I can easily obtain a simulation-based
>answer, but I would ultimately like to know what's up with this 
>program before
>I give up on it so I can learn a thing or two.  Does anyone have any clues or
>tricks to get around this problem?  My guess is that it will simply be very
>difficult (impossible?) to obtain this type of relative error (eps = 
>1e-4) and
>I will have no choice but to pursue the simulation approach.
>
>Thanks for any responses (philip.turk at nau.edu)!
>
>-- Phil
>
>Philip Turk
>Assistant Professor of Statistics
>Northern Arizona University
>Department of Mathematics and Statistics
>PO Box 5717
>Flagstaff, AZ 86011
>Phone: 928-523-6884
>Fax: 928-523-5847
>E-mail: Philip.Turk at nau.edu
>Web Site: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~stapjt-p/
>
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