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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Hi. I am just starting to use BaSTA. My data do not seem to converge, and I don’t get DIC values. I have tried making more simulations, but it has not worked until now. If the model do not reach convergence after, say 15 or 20 simulations, does that mean that the quality of my dataset does not allows running the analyses?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Thanks a lot, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:ES'>Juan Gabriel Martinez<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:ES'>Departamento de Zoologia, Facultad de Ciencias<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:ES'>Universidad de Granada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:ES'>Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, 18071<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:ES'>Telefono: 958242732, correo electrónico: <a href="mailto:jgmartin@ugr.es">jgmartin@ugr.es</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>