compute_internal_taxon_specific_latent_trait_precision: Compute Internal Taxon-specific Latent Trait Precision

In jpmeagher/vbar: Variational Bayes Ancestral Reconstruction

Compute Internal Taxon-specific Latent Trait Precision

Description

Computes the precision of taxon-specific latent traits at internal nodes of the phylogeny under the approximate posterior distribution for the PLVM.

Usage

compute_internal_taxon_specific_latent_trait_precision(
  child_taxa_conditional_expectation_weights,
  child_taxa_conditional_standard_deviations,
  conditional_standard_deviation,
  perform_checks = TRUE
)

Arguments

child_taxa_conditional_expectation_weights	An L-dimensional vector of real values on the interval [0, 1]. The weight of the taxon-specific latent trait values in the conditional distribution of the latent traits for its child taxa.
child_taxa_conditional_standard_deviations	An L-dimensional vector of real values on the interval [0, 1]. The standard deviation of the taxon-specific latent traits of child taxa conditional on the parent taxon.
conditional_standard_deviation	An L-dimensional vector of real values on the interval [0, 1]. The standard deviation of the taxon-specific latent trait conditional on its parent taxon.
perform_checks	Logical. Check if function inputs are specified correctly.

Value

An L-dimensional vector of positive real values.

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