umx (version 4.9.0)

umxModify: umxModify: Add, set, or drop model paths by label.

Description

umxModify allows you to modify, re-run and summarize an mxModel(), all in one line of script.

Usage

umxModify(
  lastFit,
  update = NULL,
  regex = FALSE,
  free = FALSE,
  value = 0,
  newlabels = NULL,
  freeToStart = NA,
  name = NULL,
  comparison = FALSE,
  autoRun = getOption("umx_auto_run"),
  tryHard = c("no", "yes", "ordinal", "search"),
  master = NULL,
  intervals = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

lastFit

The mxModel() you wish to update and run.

update

What to update before re-running. Can be a list of labels, a regular expression (set regex = TRUE) or an object such as mxCI etc.

regex

Whether or not update is a regular expression (default FALSE). If you provide a string, it overrides the contents of update, and sets regex to TRUE.

free

The state to set "free" to for the parameters whose labels you specify (defaults to free = FALSE, i.e., fixed)

value

The value to set the parameters whose labels you specify too (defaults to 0)

newlabels

If not NULL, used as a replacement set of labels (can be regular expression). value and free are ignored!

freeToStart

Whether to update parameters based on their current free-state. free = c(TRUE, FALSE, NA), (defaults to NA - i.e, not checked)

name

The name for the new model

comparison

Whether to run umxCompare() on the new and old models.

autoRun

Whether to run the model (default), or just to create it and return without running.

tryHard

Default ('no') uses normal mxRun. "yes" uses mxTryHard. Other options: "ordinal", "search"

master

If you set master, then the update labels will be equated to these (i.e. replaced by them).

intervals

Whether to run confidence intervals (see mxRun())

verbose

How much feedback to give

Value

• mxModel()

Details

You can add paths, or other model elements, set path values (default is 0), or replace labels. As an example, this one-liner drops a path labelled "Cs", and returns the updated model:

fit2 = umxModify(fit1, update = "Cs", name = "newModelName", comparison = TRUE)

Regular expressions are a powerful feature: they let you drop collections of paths by matching patterns for instance, this would match labels containing either "Cs" or "Cr":

fit2 = umxModify(fit1, regex = "C\[sr\]", name = "drop_Cs_and_Cr", comparison = TRUE)

You may find it easier to be more explicit. Like this:

fit2 = umxSetParameters(fit1, labels = c("Cs", "Cr"), values = 0, free = FALSE, name = "newName")
fit2 = mxRun(fit2)
summary(fit2)

Note: A (minor) limitation is that you cannot simultaneously set value to 0 AND relabel cells (because the default value is 0, so it is ignored when using newlabels).

References

• https://github.com/tbates/umx

See Also

Other Core Model Building Functions: umxMatrix(), umxPath(), umxRAM(), umxSuperModel(), umx

Examples

# NOT RUN {
require(umx)

# First we'll just build a 1-factor model
umx_set_optimizer("SLSQP")
data(demoOneFactor)
manifests = names(demoOneFactor)

m1 = umxRAM("One Factor", data = demoOneFactor, type = "cov",
	umxPath("G", to = manifests),
	umxPath(var = manifests),
	umxPath(var = "G", fixedAt = 1)
)

# 1. Drop the path to x1 (also updating the name so it's
#    self-explanatory, and get a fit comparison
m2 = umxModify(m1, update = "G_to_x1", name = "drop_X1", comparison = TRUE)

# }
# NOT RUN {
# 2. Add the path back (setting free = TRUE)
m2 = umxModify(m1, update = "G_to_x1", free= TRUE, name = "addback_X1", comparison = TRUE)
# 3. Fix a value at a non-zero value
m3 = umxModify(m1, update = "G_to_x1", value = .35, name = "fix_G_x1_at_35", comp = TRUE)
# You can add objects to models. For instance this would add a path (overwriting the existing one)
# (thanks Johannes!)
m3 = umxModify(m1, umxPath("G", with = "x1"), name= "addedPath")

# Use regular expression to drop multiple paths: e.g. G to x3, x4, x5
m3 = umxModify(m1, regex = "^G_to_x[3-5]", name = "tried_hard", comp = TRUE, tryHard="yes")

# Same, but don't autoRun
m2 = umxModify(m1, regex  = "^G_to_x[3-5]", name = "no_G_to_x3_5", autoRun = FALSE) 

# Re-write a label
newLabel = "A_rose_by_any_other_name"
newModelName = "model_doth_smell_as_sweet"
m2 = umxModify(m1, update = "G_to_x1", newlabels= newLabel, name = newModelName, comparison = TRUE)
# Change labels in 2 places
labsToUpdate = c("G_to_x1", "G_to_x2")
newLabel = "G_to_1_or_2"
m2 = umxModify(m1, update = labsToUpdate, newlabels= newLabel, name = "equated", comparison = TRUE)

# Advanced!
# Regular expressions let you use pieces of the old names in creating new ones!
searchString = "G_to_x([0-9])"
newLabel = "loading_for_path\\1" # use value in regex group 1
m2 = umxModify(m1, regex = searchString, newlabels= newLabel, name = "grep", comparison = TRUE)
# }
# NOT RUN {
 # end dontrun

# }