poisson_control: Set computational options for the sampling algorithms
In mcmcsae: Markov Chain Monte Carlo Small Area Estimation

poisson_control

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Set computational options for the sampling algorithms

Description

Set computational options for the sampling algorithms

Usage

poisson_control(nb.shape = 100)

Arguments

nb.shape

shape parameter of the negative binomial distribution used internally to approximate the Poisson distribution. This should be set to a relatively large value (default is 100), corresponding to negligible overdispersion, to obtain a good approximation to the Poisson sampling distribution. However, note that very large values may cause slow MCMC exploration of the posterior distribution.