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dirichlet.prior: Dirichlet prior for a multinomial distribution

Description

Specifies Dirichlet prior for a discrete probability distribution.

Usage

DirichletPrior(prior.counts, initial.value = NULL)

Arguments

prior.counts
A vector of positive numbers representing prior counts.
initial.value
The initial value in the MCMC algorithm of the distribution being modeled.

References

Gelman, Carlin, Stern, Rubin (2003), "Bayesian Data Analysis", Chapman and Hall.