a dynr model compiled using dynr.model, consisting of recipes for submodels,
starting values, parameter names, and C code for each submodel
conf.level
a cumulative proportion indicating the level of desired confidence intervals for
the final parameter estimates (default is .95)
infile
(not required for models specified through the recipe functions) the name of a file
that has the C codes for all dynr submodels for those interested in specifying a model directly in C
verbose
a flag (TRUE/FALSE) indicating whether more detailed intermediate output during the
estimation process should be printed
weight_flag
a flag (TRUE/FALSE) indicating whether the negative log likelihood function should
be weighted by the length of the time series for each individual
debug_flag
a flag (TRUE/FALSE) indicating whether users want additional dynr output that can
be used for diagnostic purposes