calc_lugsail_bm: Calculate Replicated Lugsail Batch Means Estimator

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calc_lugsail_bmR Documentation

Calculate Replicated Lugsail Batch Means Estimator

Description

Computes the replicated lugsail batch means variance estimator (univariate) or time-average covariance matrix (multivariate) for MCMC chains as described by Vats and Knudson (2021).

Usage

calc_lugsail_bm(arr, b = NULL)

Arguments

arr

3D numeric array of dimension (n, p, m) representing n steps, p parameters, and m chains.

b

Batch size. If NULL, defaults to floor(sqrt(n)).

Value

A list containing:

tau_L

Scalar variance estimate if p = 1, or p x p covariance matrix if p > 1.

b

Batch size used.

a

Number of batches.


LugsailGR documentation built on Aug. 5, 2026, 9:08 a.m.