KEY VALUES USED IN FRONTIER PROGRAM (VERSION 4.1) NUMBER: DESCRIPTION: 5 IPRINT - PRINT INFO EVERY "N" ITERATIONS, 0=DO NOT PRINT 1 INDIC - USED IN UNIDIMENSIONAL SEARCH PROCEDURE - SEE BELOW 0.00001 TOL - CONVERGENCE TOLERANCE (PROPORTIONAL) 0.001 TOL2 - TOLERANCE USED IN UNI-DIMENSIONAL SEARCH PROCEDURE 1.0D+16 BIGNUM - USED TO SET BOUNDS ON DEN & DIST 0.00001 STEP1 - SIZE OF 1ST STEP IN SEARCH PROCEDURE 1 IGRID2 - 1=DOUBLE ACCURACY GRID SEARCH, 0=SINGLE 0.1 GRIDNO - STEPS TAKEN IN SINGLE ACCURACY GRID SEARCH ON GAMMA 100 MAXIT - MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ITERATIONS PERMITTED 1 ITE - 1=PRINT ALL TE ESTIMATES, 0=PRINT ONLY MEAN TE THE NUMBERS IN THIS FILE ARE READ BY THE FRONTIER PROGRAM WHEN IT BEGINS EXECUTION. YOU MAY CHANGE THE NUMBERS IN THIS FILE IF YOU WISH. IT IS ADVISED THAT A BACKUP OF THIS FILE IS MADE PRIOR TO ALTERATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE VARIABLES SEE: COELLI (1996), CEPA WORKING PAPER 96/07, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, ARMIDALE, NSW, 2351, AUSTRALIA. INDIC VALUES: indic=2 says do not scale step length in unidimensional search indic=1 says scale (to length of last step) only if last step was smaller indic= any other number says scale (to length of last step)