Initial-class: An S4 class to specify a normal prior for a scalar parameter.

Initial-classR Documentation

An S4 class to specify a normal prior for a scalar parameter.

Description

An object of class Initial is used to specify the prior for the initial trend term, typically as part of a call to function DLM.

Slots

A

Scale.

mean

The mean of the normal distribution. Defaults to 0.

mult

Multiplier applied to default value for A.

Warning

In normal usage, it should not be necessary to access, or even know about, the slots of an Initial object. The slots are not part of the API of the package, and may change in future.

See Also

Objects of class Initial are created by calls to function Initial.


StatisticsNZ/demest documentation built on Nov. 2, 2023, 7:56 p.m.