AD Model Builder

AD Model Builder (ADMB) provides a powerful framework for the estimation of parameters (and their variances, co-variances) for (highly) non-linear models. It is a great program when everything works, but getting there can often be long and arduous. So this page is intended to share some pointers and examples for using AD Model Builder (ADMB).

To get started, here's a document authored by Andre Punt and others on obtaining and installing ADMB: ADMB Living Document Note you will also need to have a C++ compiler.

Pointers and examples:

• Running ADMB from TextPad
• Syntax Highlighting
• Installing Open-Source ADMB in Linux
• Carolina's cheat sheet converted to Wikimedia syntax
• The "ADMB Living Document" brought back to life
• Runtime Options

Another ADMB Wiki is going strong at ADMB Project