bugs.update.settings: Adjusting OpenBUGS registry

Description Usage Arguments Details Value See Also

Description

Adjusts OpenBUGS registry - intended for internal use

Usage

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bugs.update.settings(n.burnin, bugs.directory)

Arguments

n.burnin

length of burn in

bugs.directory

directory that contains the OpenBUGS executable

Details

Alter the adaptive phases in the OpenBUGS updaters (in the ‘BUGS/System/Rsrc/Registry.odc’ file, where BUGS is map of installed OpenBUGS) so that all adaptive updating is done during the burnin stage. Otherwise OpenBUGS will not report results if the burnin is less than a minimum value such as 500 or 4000 (depending on the model). Write permission on above mentioned file is needed for this!

Value

Nothing, but as a side effect, the registry file ‘BUGS/System/Rsrc/Registry.odc’ is modified

See Also

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


R2OpenBUGS documentation built on April 3, 2020, 1:08 a.m.