LIMDEP and NLOGIT Technical Information

Contents
Version number
System requirements
Year 2000 Compliance

Current Versions
LIMDEP 8.0
NLOGIT 3.0

System Requirements

LIMDEP AND NLOGIT are written for use on Windows driven microcomputers. LIMDEP and NLOGIT are compatible with Windows 95 and later Windows operating systems. The programs require 16 megabytes of memory and occupy approximately five to six megabytes on the local hard disk drive.

Program Limits

We are often asked about LIMDEP's specific internal limits. The following limits are relevant to the most common applications.

  • Active Data Set
    Variables 900
    Observations 3,000,000+
    Total cells in data area limited by memory
    Namelists 10
    Variables in namelist 100
  • Command Entry
    Characters in one command 2,500
    Characters in a stored procedure 2,500
    Commands in a stored procedure 50
    Stored procedures 10
  • Model Size, General & Specific
    Number of parameters 150
    Equations for SURE & 3SLS 30
    Equations for WALD, NLSURE, GMM 20
  • Panel Data Models
    Groups in fixed & random effects unlimited
    Regressors in fixed & random effects 100
    Intervals in TVCs for survival 50
    Periods in fixed effects logit 100
    Groups in time series/cross section 100
  • NLOGIT
    Number of alternatives 100
    Branches in tree 25
    Limbs in tree 10
    Trunks in tree 5
    Number of attributes & constants 125
  • Matrix & Scalar Algebra
    Number of active matrices 100
    Number of active named scalars 50
    Size of a matrix 22,500 cells
    Rows in data matrix unlimited


Year2K Compliance
All aspects of LIMDEP's Version 8.0 operation are fully Y2K compliant. There is no computation done anywhere in the program, for any purpose, that uses a two digit representation of a year.