Problem Note 42826: Floating Point Overflow might occur in PROC MIXED with PRIOR statement
If any of the estimated covariance parameters are negative, the use of the METHOD=TYPE1, METHOD=TYPE2 or METHOD=TYPE3 option in the PROC MIXED statement along with the PRIOR statement may result in messages such as:
- ERROR: Floating Point Overflow.
- ERROR: Termination due to Floating Point Exception.
- NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
There is no circumvention for this problem when it occurs.
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Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/STAT | z/OS | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
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| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2011-04-13 10:45:28 |
| Date Created: | 2011-03-30 11:23:48 |
