Jim Thorson

Are you willing to test that the function works with this fix, and do a pull request?

Thanks for asking here where we can discuss and get others' input ... feel free to link the helper :) So I often discourage using the MICE because: 1. it's...

have you confirmed that Matrix and TMB have matching versions, e.g., using code here: https://github.com/pfmc-assessments/geostatistical_delta-GLMM/wiki/Steps-to-install-TMB ...?

There might be two issues here, I can't really tell. @Blevy2 it sounds like you're having some RINLA install issues, and consider trying the steps [here](https://github.com/James-Thorson-NOAA/FishStatsUtils/issues/87) @slarge it seems like...

It usually means that there's some estimability problem. Perhaps run `fit_model( getsd=FALSE, newtonsteps=0)` and explore the Hessian manually, or trying `TMBhelper::check_estimability`

yeah, it's a question of whether the newtonstep or the sdreport use is the first to have it exceed some machine-tolerance for singular hessian, which presumably depends on randomized starting...

Thanks for following up. Since this thread, tinyVAST has a much easier interface to combine cross-lagged interactions (which I've called a MICE-in-space model, after Models of Intermediate Complexity) and other...

You're calling mid-level functions directly, which is prone to some user-errors. Can you confirm whether you can run the [index exmaple on the wiki](https://github.com/James-Thorson-NOAA/VAST/wiki/Index-standardization) including the `plot(fit)` call without errors?...

Thanks @afredston for flagging the topic, and @genoa-sullaway for a solution! As I've probably said, I've never owned a Mac and am generally baffled about the differences. Do either of...

oh man, that's annoying. I don't even remember now why those flags are there ... there's been different flags needed over time to get TMB to play nicely with different...