Sabre

Sabre manual

• Models fitted by Sabre
• Using sabreR
• Using sabreStata
• Using stand-alone Sabre
  • Introduction
  • Getting started
  • Input and Output
  • Examining and manipulating data
  • Defining, fitting and displaying models
  • Model constants
  • Space restrictions
  • Command line options
  • Accurate arithmetic
  • Sabre command reference
  • Deleted commands
• Data Preparation and Analysis of Panel and Clustered Data
• Sabre history

This range can be greatly extended by using the ARITHMETIC ACCURATE command in Sabre. In this case all calculations are performed using specially written arithmetic code in which the exponent of the variable is stored separately in a 4 byte integer. This extends the range of intermediate calculations to approximately 10 to the power -2 billion to 10 to the power +2 billion. The precision with which numbers are stored is the same for both FAST and ACCURATE arithmetic, viz. about 15 decimal digits.

The greater range comes at the cost of increased run time, typically 15 times as long as in FAST arithmetic. However, particularly when using parallel Sabre on a large number of processors, this may be a cost well worth paying as the problem may not otherwise be soluble.