alphaMax: Heuristic for an upper value of tempering parameter alpha

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

View source: R/Initialize.R

Description

Heuristic for an upper value of tempering parameter alpha

Usage

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alphaMax(q, n, sup_val = 0.8, delta = .Machine$double.xmax)

Arguments

q

Total number of variables (observed and unobserved).

n

Number of samples.

sup_val

maximal value of the complete estimated correlation matrix (default 0.8).

delta

Maximal value allowed for a determinant (default maximal machine precision).

Value

An upper value of tempering parameter alpha.

Examples

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q=15
n=50
alphaMax(q,n)

Rmomal/nestor documentation built on Dec. 16, 2020, 7:54 p.m.