Stepout: Stepout

In Zink-Antoine/Slice_sampler: a Slice sampler

Stepout

Description

Slice sampler: stepping out procedure Neal(2003) fig.3

Usage

Stepout(foo, x0, y, w, m, Rmx = w * m)

Arguments

foo	function (required) function proportional to the density
x0	numeric (required) the current point
y	numeric (required) the vertical level defining the slice
w	numeric (required) estimate of the typical size of a slice
m	numeric (required) integer limiting the size of a slice to mw
Rmx	numeric (with default) bound value to limit edge effects (added)

Value

a list value

Element Type Description

$L numeric left boundary of the interval

$R numeric right boundary of the interval

$J numeric J index

$K numeric K index

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