2017 release of the DEBtool
Some highlights of the new release are:
DEBtool/animal: numeric improvements to fnget_ep_min and get_ep_min_j !
DEBtool/lib/pet: improved default loss function (Marques et al 2017 in prep)
creation of estimation option allowing to choose which loss function should be used
(read more about these two improvements here )
[The default for pars_init_method is set to '2', which means read from the pars_init file](http://www.debtheory.org/wiki/index.php? title=Estimation_options#Parameter_initialization_method)
creation of statistics_st which computes implied properties for all typified models, some typos in the computations were also repaired
Improved ‘check_my_pet’ which helps the user spot typo’s and wrong use of standards
Improved curator_report
Creation of function : prt_report_my_pet - prints all implied properties to html format
Implementation of new goodness of fit crition SMSE
Addition of folders with templates for making an new entry:
- templates_std.zip
- templates_std.zip
- templates_Theriiformes.zip (model stx, with parameters in pars_init being mean values of mammals excluding marsupials, see AmP taxa tree; also added section in predict for males assuming males and females differ by p_Am only)