Preface to 6th Edition

The appearance of this 6th edition of the NM-TRAN Guide coincides with the appearance of NM-TRAN 7.6.0 and NONMEM 7.6.0. It contains changes since the 5th edition, which appeared with NM-TRAN 7.5.0 and NONMEM 7.5.0.

Significant changes since the previous edition are marked with bars.

This version supports the new features of NONMEM and PREDPP and NM-TRAN Versions 7.6.0.

$DATA record:

NOFDATACSV feature.
See Chapter III Section B.5.

New $OMEGA and $SIGMA option.

SCALE(scalevalue).
See Chapter III B.10 and B.11.

New $TABLE option

Option INTERPTYPE in handling generation of NPDE.
See Chapter II B.16.

New option for $ETAS, $PHIS

You can specify ITERATION number to read in a particular iteration of an .iph file.
See Chapter III B.30, B.31.

The NMTRAN and NONMEM file outputs shown in the appendices have been updated to NONMEM 7.6.0.

This preface mentions some of the most important changes to NM-TRAN, but is not complete. NONMEM Users Guide VIII and on-line help and Introduction to NONMEM 7 should also be consulted.

First printing of this edition is dated May 2023, included with release of NONMEM 7.6.0.

Second printing of this edition is dated NOV 2025, and contains some corrections from the first printing.