mle News

1 May 2006. The Crimson Editor is great little text editor for Windows that can also act as a development environment for mle. The editor provides syntax highlighting, will execute mle programs from the editor, and provide help for keywords. If you want to use the Crimson Editor with mle, see this page.

9 Jan 2005. mle version 2.2.7 (Beta) is now available for Windows and linux (i386) in the beta release directory. There is also a text file briefly describing the changes.

9 Jan 2005. The text editor, emle version 1.0.1 (Beta) is available for Windows in the beta release directory. A text document briefly describes changes.

28 May 2003. mle version 2.1 is now officially released! It is available in versions for Linux i386 and Windows operating system. Version 2.1 of mle includes many extensions and new features not available previously. The manual has been rewritten and reorganized into two volumes. Volume 1 is a User Manual that has more coding examples and tutorial material. Volume 2 is a comprehensive Reference Manual.

Description of mle

mle is a simple programming language for building and estimating parameters of likelihood models. The language was originally intended for building and estimating parameters of survival models, but the language has evolved to be general enough to estimate parameters for many other types of likelihood models. Indeed, the language attempts to be a general purpose tool for likelihood estimation.

Downloading mle

The current version of mle is 2.1.18. Before you download the software or manual, please read the following statement.

The software and manual for mle version 2.1 are distributed in electronic form free of charge for personal and academic use. Permission to use, copy, and distribute this software and documentation is hereby granted for personal and non-commercial academic use provided that the copyright notice appears with all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear in the supporting documentation. Other uses of the manual or software are prohibited without written permission of the Author. Neither the software nor manual may not be sold or repackaged for sale in whole or in part without permission of the Author.

This software is provided "as is", without warranty. In no event shall the Author be liable for any damages, including but not limited to special, consequential or other damages. The Author specifically disclaims all other warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to the determination of suitability of this product for a specific purpose, use, or application. The user is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of any results. Sound engineering, scientific, and statistical judgement is the user's responsibility.

Download the documentation for version 2.1 here (pdf format)

The latest version of mle can be downloaded for your operating system:

The Crimson Editor is great little text editor for Windows that can also act as a development environment for mle. The editor provides syntax highlighting, will execute mle programs from the editor, and provide help for keywords. If you want to use the Crimson Editor with mle, see this page.