From d2c1ab854491ff047135fa8377400a68499e72de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Ranke Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:53:30 +0200 Subject: Handle non-convergence and maximum number of iterations For details see NEWS.md --- NEWS.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS.md') diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 3c0d72de..031ae954 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -1,11 +1,33 @@ +# CHANGES in mkin VERSION 0.9-32 + +## NEW FEATURES + +- Optimisation method, number of model evaluations and time elapsed during optimisation are given in the summary of mkinfit objects. + +- The maximum number of iterations in the optimisation algorithm can be specified using the argument `maxit.modFit` to the mkinfit function. + +- mkinfit gives a warning when the fit does not converge (does not apply to SANN method). This warning is included in the summary. + +## BUG FIXES + +- Initial values for formation fractions were not set in all cases. + +- No warning was given when the fit did not converge when a method other than the default Levenberg-Marquardt method `Marq` was used. + +## MINOR CHANGES + +- Vignettes were rebuilt to reflect the changes in the summary method. + +- Algorithm `Pseudo` was excluded because it needs user-defined parameter limits which are not supported. + +- Algorithm `Newton` was excluded because of its different way to specify the maximum number of iterations and because it does not appear to provide additional benefits. + # CHANGES in mkin VERSION 0.9-31 ## BUG FIXES - The internal renaming of optimised parameters in Version 0.9-30 led to errors in the determination of the degrees of freedom for the chi2 error level calulations in `mkinerrmin()` used by the summary function. -- Initial values for formation fractions were not set in all cases - # CHANGES in mkin VERSION 0.9-30 ## NEW FEATURES @@ -16,13 +38,13 @@ - The original and the transformed parameters now have different names (e.g. `k_parent` and `log_k_parent`. They also differ in how many they are when we have formation fractions but no pathway to sink. -- The order of some of the information blocks in `print.summary.mkinfit.R()` has been ordered in a more logical way +- The order of some of the information blocks in `print.summary.mkinfit.R()` has been ordered in a more logical way. ## MINOR CHANGES - The vignette FOCUS_Z has been simplified to use formation fractions with turning off the sink, and slightly amended to use the new versions of DT50 values calculated since mkin 0.9-29. -- All vignettes have been rebuilt so they reflect all changes +- All vignettes have been rebuilt so they reflect all changes. - The ChangeLog was renamed to NEWS.md and the entries were converted to markdown syntax compatible with the `tools::news()` function built into R. -- cgit v1.2.1