dclone-package {dclone}R Documentation

Data Cloning

Description

Low level functions for implementing maximum likelihood estimating procedures for complex models using data cloning (Lele et al. 2007) and Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo methods with support for JAGS, WinBUGS and OpenBUGS. Convenient functions to help implementing

Main functions include:

dclone: cloning R objects.

jags.fit, bugs.fit: conveniently fit BUGS models.

dc.fit: iterative model fitting by the data cloning algorithm.

dctable: help evaluating data cloning convergence by descriptives.

Author(s)

Authors: P\'eter S\'olymos

Maintainer: P\'eter S\'olymos, solymos@ualberta.ca

References

Lele, S.R., B. Dennis and F. Lutscher, 2007. Data cloning: easy maximum likelihood estimation for complex ecological models using Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. Ecology Letters 10, 551–563.


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