bugs.inits {R2WinBUGS}R Documentation

Writing input for WinBUGS - intended for internal use only

Description

Write files ‘inits1.txt’, ‘inits2.txt’, etc., in the working directory for WinBUGS to read - for internal use.

Usage

bugs.inits(inits, n.chains, digits)

Arguments

inits a list with n.chains elements; each element of the list is itself a list of starting values for the WinBUGS model, or a function creating (possibly random) initial values
n.chains number of Markov chains
digits number of significant digits used for WinBUGS input, see formatC

Value

Nothing, but as a side effect, the inits files ‘inits*.txt’ are written

See Also

The main function to be called by the user is bugs.


[Package R2WinBUGS version 2.1-6 Index]