lestat (version 1.9)

marginal: A Marginal of a Multivariate Distribution

Description

Given a multivariate distribution, one of its marginal distributions is computed.

Usage

marginal(object, v)

Arguments

object

The multivariate probability distribution whose marginal should be computed.

v

A vector of indices, indicating which parts of the object should be kept after marginalisation.

Value

A probability distribution.

Details

The index or indices of the parameter(s) whose marginal distribution is computed is given in v.

See Also

conditional

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data <- simulate(normal(3, log(3)), 11)
posterior <- linearmodel(data, designOneGroup(11))
credibilityinterval(marginal(posterior, 1))
credibilityinterval(marginal(posterior, 2))
# }