validate_prior: Validate User-Specified Prior for a Single Prior

In MultiNMix: Multi-Species N-Mixture (MNM) Models with 'nimble'

Validate User-Specified Prior for a Single Prior

Description

Validates a single user-defined prior to ensure it specifies a valid distribution supported by Nimble and has the correct parameters for the distribution.

Usage

validate_prior(prior_name, prior_string)

Arguments

prior_name	A string representing the name of the prior (e.g., prior_mean).
prior_string	A string specifying the prior distribution (e.g., 'dnorm(0, 0.001)').

Value

Returns TRUE if the prior is valid. Throws an error if the prior is invalid.

Examples

validate_prior("prior_mean", "dnorm(0, 0.001)")

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