bugs.inits: Writing input for WinBUGS - intended for internal use only

In R2WinBUGS: Running 'WinBUGS' and 'OpenBUGS' from 'R' / 'S-PLUS'

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,
    inits.files = paste("inits", 1:n.chains, ".txt", sep = ""))

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
inits.file	name for the inits files R write the inits into.

Value

Vector of names of inits.files; as a side effect, the inits files ‘inits*.txt’ are written

See Also

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

R2WinBUGS documentation built on May 2, 2019, 1:45 p.m.