NM-WIN - A PERSONAL COMPUTER-BASED MICROSOFT(R) WINDOWS(TM) FRONT-ENDTO NONMEM-IV

A Microsoft Windows-based front-end, NM-Win, has been written to provi de a more user-friendly environment to do nonlinear mixed effect model ing with the NONMEM program. NM-Win utilizes an object-oriented interf ace design which allows users to view and edit control, PRED, and/or d ata files using Windows Notepad. In addition, calls made to the Micros oft FORTRAN compiler and linker which generate the final NONMEN execut able are performed simply by clicking the ''Run NONMEN'' button. Durin g the executive step, iterations can be viewed in a window to check th e progress of the run. Errors encountered while NONMEN or NM-TRAN is r unning are brought to a window for ease in debugging. Advanced options allow the user the flexibility of compiling user-written PRED files a nd creating linker response files. While the PC platform is not optima l for large data set or complex models, it does permit easier debuggin g and offers multitasking while Windows is running.