generate_quantity: Add new quantity to shinystan object

In shinystan: Interactive Visual and Numerical Diagnostics and Posterior Analysis for Bayesian Models

Add new quantity to shinystan object

Description

Add to shinystan object a new parameter as a function of one or two existing parameters.

Usage

generate_quantity(sso, param1, param2, fun, new_name)

Arguments

sso	A shinystan object.
param1	Name of first parameter as character string.
param2	Optional. Name of second parameter as character string.
fun	Function to call, i.e. function(param1) or function(param1,param2). See Examples, below.
new_name	Name for the new parameter as character string.

Value

sso, updated. See Examples.

See Also

drop_parameters to remove parameters from a shinystan object.

Examples

# Using example shinystan object 'eight_schools'
sso <- eight_schools
sso <- generate_quantity(sso, fun = function(x) x^2, 
                         param1 = "tau", new_name = "tau_sq")
sso <- generate_quantity(sso, fun = "-", 
                         param1 = "theta[1]", param2 = "theta[2]", 
                         new_name = "theta1minus2")
                         

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