nimbleMCMC | R Documentation |
nimbleMCMC
is designed as the most straight forward entry point to using NIMBLE's default MCMC algorithm. It provides capability for running multiple MCMC chains, specifying the number of MCMC iterations, thinning, and burn-in, and which model variables should be monitored. It also provides options to return the posterior samples, to return summary statistics calculated from the posterior samples, and to return a WAIC value.
nimbleMCMC(
code,
constants = list(),
data = list(),
inits,
dimensions = list(),
model,
monitors,
thin = 1,
niter = 10000,
nburnin = 0,
nchains = 1,
check = TRUE,
setSeed = FALSE,
progressBar = getNimbleOption("MCMCprogressBar"),
samples = TRUE,
samplesAsCodaMCMC = FALSE,
summary = FALSE,
WAIC = FALSE
)
code |
The quoted code expression representing the model, such as the return value from a call to |
constants |
Named list of constants in the model. Constants cannot be subsequently modified. For compatibility with JAGS and BUGS, one can include data values with constants and |
data |
Named list of values for the data nodes. Values that are NA will not be flagged as data. |
inits |
Argument to specify initial values for each MCMC chain. See details. |
dimensions |
Named list of dimensions for variables. Only needed for variables used with empty indices in model code that are not provided in constants or data. |
model |
A compiled or uncompiled NIMBLE model object. When provided, this model will be used to configure the MCMC algorithm to be executed, rather than using the |
monitors |
A character vector giving the node names or variable names to monitor. The samples corresponding to these nodes will returned, and/or will have summary statistics calculated. Default value is all top-level stochastic nodes of the model. |
thin |
Thinning interval for collecting MCMC samples. Thinning occurs after the initial nburnin samples are discarded. Default value is 1. |
niter |
Number of MCMC iterations to run. Default value is 10000. |
nburnin |
Number of initial, pre-thinning, MCMC iterations to discard. Default value is 0. |
nchains |
Number of MCMC chains to run. Default value is 1. |
check |
Logical argument, specifying whether to check the model object for missing or invalid values. Default value is |
setSeed |
Logical or numeric argument. If a single numeric value is provided, R's random number seed will be set to this value at the onset of each MCMC chain. If a numeric vector of length |
progressBar |
Logical argument. If |
samples |
Logical argument. If |
samplesAsCodaMCMC |
Logical argument. If |
summary |
Logical argument. When |
WAIC |
Logical argument. When |
The entry point for this function is providing the code
, constants
, data
and inits
arguments, to create a new NIMBLE model object, or alternatively providing an exisiting NIMBLE model object as the model
argument.
At least one of samples
, summary
or WAIC
must be TRUE
, since otherwise, nothing will be returned. Any combination of these may be TRUE
, including possibly all three, in which case posterior samples, summary statistics, and WAIC values are returned for each MCMC chain.
When samples = TRUE
, the form of the posterior samples is determined by the samplesAsCodaMCMC
argument, as either matrices of posterior samples, or coda
mcmc
and mcmc.list
objects.
Posterior summary statistics are returned individually for each chain, and also as calculated from all chains combined (when nchains > 1
).
The inits
argument can be one of three things:
(1) a function to generate initial values, which will be executed once to initialize the model object, and once to generate initial values at the beginning of each MCMC chain, or
(2) a single named list of initial values which, will be used to initialize the model object and for each MCMC chain, or
(3) a list of length nchains
, each element being a named list of initial values. The first element will be used to initialize the model object, and once element of the list will be used for each MCMC chain.
The inits
argument may also be omitted, in which case the model will not be provided with initial values. This is not recommended.
The niter
argument specifies the number of pre-thinning MCMC iterations, and the nburnin
argument specifies the number of pre-thinning MCMC samples to discard. After discarding these burn-in samples, thinning of the remaining samples will take place. The total number of posterior samples returned will be floor((niter-nburnin)/thin).
A list is returned with named elements depending on the arguments passed to nimbleMCMC
, unless only one among samples, summary, and WAIC are requested, in which case only that element is returned. These elements may include samples
, summary
, and WAIC
. When nchains = 1
, posterior samples are returned as a single matrix, and summary statistics as a single matrix. When nchains > 1
, posterior samples are returned as a list of matrices, one matrix for each chain, and summary statistics are returned as a list containing nchains+1
matrices: one matrix corresponding to each chain, and the final element providing a summary of all chains, combined. If samplesAsCodaMCMC
is TRUE
, then posterior samples are provided as coda
mcmc
and mcmc.list
objects. When WAIC
is TRUE
, a WAIC summary object is returned.
Daniel Turek
configureMCMC
buildMCMC
runMCMC
## Not run:
code <- nimbleCode({
mu ~ dnorm(0, sd = 1000)
sigma ~ dunif(0, 1000)
for(i in 1:10) {
x[i] ~ dnorm(mu, sd = sigma)
}
})
data <- list(x = c(2, 5, 3, 4, 1, 0, 1, 3, 5, 3))
inits <- function() list(mu = rnorm(1,0,1), sigma = runif(1,0,10))
mcmc.output <- nimbleMCMC(code, data = data, inits = inits,
monitors = c("mu", "sigma"), thin = 10,
niter = 20000, nburnin = 1000, nchains = 3,
summary = TRUE, WAIC = TRUE)
## End(Not run)
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