R2MLwiN (version 0.8-10)

mlwin2bugs: This function captures output files from MLwiN for estimation in WinBUGS/OpenBUGS.

Description

This function allows R to call WinBUGS using the output files from MLwiN. This function uses functionalities in the R2WinBUGS-package package.

Usage

mlwin2bugs(
  datafile,
  initfiles,
  modelfile,
  parameters = NULL,
  n.chains = 1,
  n.iter = 5500,
  n.burnin = 500,
  n.thin = 1,
  debug = FALSE,
  bugs.directory = NULL,
  bugsWorkingDir = tempdir(),
  OpenBugs = FALSE,
  cleanBugsWorkingDir = FALSE,
  seed = NULL
)

Value

Returns an mcmc object.

Arguments

datafile

A file name where the BUGS data file will be saved in .txt format.

initfiles

A list of file names where the BUGS initial values will be saved in .txt format.

modelfile

A file name where the BUGS model will be saved in .txt format.

parameters

A vector of strings specifying coefficients to be monitored.

n.chains

The number of chains to be monitored.

n.iter

The number of iterations for each chain

n.burnin

The length of burn-in for each chain

n.thin

Thinning rate

debug

A logical value indicating whether (TRUE) or not (FALSE; the default) to close the BUGS window after completion of the model run

bugs.directory

The full path of location where WinBUGS is installed (ignored if OpenBugs is TRUE).

bugsWorkingDir

A directory where all the intermediate files are to be stored; defaults to tempdir().

OpenBugs

If TRUE, OpenBUGS is used, if FALSE (the default) WinBUGS is used.

cleanBugsWorkingDir

If TRUE, the generated files will be removed from the bugsWorkingDir; defaults to FALSE.

seed

An integer specifying the random seed.

Author

Zhang, Z., Charlton, C.M.J., Parker, R.M.A., Leckie, G., and Browne, W.J. (2016) Centre for Multilevel Modelling, University of Bristol.

See Also

runMLwiN,bugs