dot-safeguard_update_cat_em: Safeguard M-step update via step-halving

In antedep: Antedependence Models for Longitudinal Data

Safeguard M-step update via step-halving

Description

Safeguard M-step update via step-halving

Usage

.safeguard_update_cat_em(
  y,
  order,
  old_marginal,
  old_transition,
  new_marginal,
  new_transition,
  blocks_id,
  homogeneous,
  c,
  logL_old,
  n_time,
  n_blocks
)

Arguments

y	Data matrix.
order	Model order.
old_marginal	Previous marginal parameters.
old_transition	Previous transition parameters.
new_marginal	Proposed marginal parameters from M-step.
new_transition	Proposed transition parameters from M-step.
blocks_id	Normalized block ids.
homogeneous	Whether parameters are shared across blocks.
c	Number of categories.
logL_old	Observed-data log-likelihood at old parameters.
n_time	Number of time points.
n_blocks	Number of blocks.

Value

List with safeguarded parameters, acceptance flag, and step size.

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