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very small change in variances of forecast values when including variance of DynamicB0
Describe the bug
For purposes of testing r4ss functions, I was going to add additional variances of derived quantities to the "simple_small" model included in r4ss: https://github.com/r4ss/r4ss/tree/main/inst/extdata/simple_small.
However, I noticed that there's a very small change in the variances of all forecast derived quantities when I use the modified control file control.ss.txt
which includes the change
Here's an example of the changes observed:
I have a memory of an issue like this cropping up previously but couldn't find any associated issue. I also tested with the current in-development executable and the differences remained. Changing from
2 # Dyn Bzero: 0 to skip, 1 to include, or 2 to add recr
to
0 # Dyn Bzero: 0 to skip, 1 to include, or 2 to add recr
made the difference go away, so adding variance of SmryBio didn't have any impact.
To Reproduce
Run the r4ss "simple_small" model (and presumably others) with and without variance of dynamic B0 in derived quantities.
Expected behavior
Variances shouldn't be impacted by additional calculations, but maybe Dynamic B0 is unusual because of additional calculations required and we should just ignore this trivial difference and/or avoid reporting variance of Dynamic B0 unless necessary.
Screenshots
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Which OS are you seeing the problem on?
Windows
Which version of SS3 are you seeing the problem on?
3.30.22.1 and current development version
Additional Context
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Hi Ian. I suspect this is similar to the finding that the variance of quantities decreases if the output is based on values averaged over more years, even if the value is identical in each of the years. I currently am deeply in figuring out the permutations by which time-varying biology affects the benchmark quantities, so unlikely to get to this new finding soon. Keep it on my list.
Rick
There have been enough changes in SS3 that this is no longer a relevant issue.
