Model-class: An S4 class representing the model component of the...
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Model-class

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An S4 class representing the model component of the simulator.

Description

An object of class Model specifies the statistical model. In particular, all parameters are specified in addition to a function called simulate that allows one to draw random samples from this model.

Details

To get parameters stored in a Model object, a shortcut for my_model@params$my_parameter is my_model$my_parameter.

This class inherits from the Component class.

Slots

name: a short name identifier. Must be alphanumeric (though -, _, and / are allowed as long as they are not at the start or end of name.
label: a longer, human readable label that can have other characters such as spaces, hyphens, etc.
params: a list that contains the Model object's parameters
simulate: a function that has arguments nsim and names matching elements within names(params). It returns a list of length nsim, where each element of the list represents a random draw from the Model object.