Infinite Error Message

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Picture of user. Ryne Joined: 07/31/2009

The attached code generates the following error message:


> first <- mxRun(model)
Running Alg
Error: Trying to evaluate 'Alg.cov' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated the error message: The label 'U[1, 1]' of matrix 'U' in model 'Alg' generated th

I'm trying to use algebras rather than constraints in a binary data model, so that the latent continuous variable under my indicators is unit normal. This is, by far, the funniest error message I've received in OpenMx.

Replied on Sun, 09/19/2010 - 00:52
Picture of user. Ryne Joined: Jul 31, 2009

In reply to by Steve

Should be there now. I think I've had this issue with post before, where I attach the code to a post, then preview the post, and the file gets chopped off at the preview. Is this a Drupal issue, or a user issue?

Replied on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 23:14
Picture of user. mspiegel Joined: Jul 31, 2009

Hi Ryne. I think I fixed this bug in the svn trunk. Now I'm getting the error message: "Objective function returned an infinite value." See if the script is OK or not with the latest code. Also I made some changes to the square bracket specification, but it doesn't directly affect the script you wrote: http://openmx.psyc.virginia.edu/thread/684.