R2OpenBUGS (version 3.2-2.2)

bugs.inits: Writing input for OpenBUGS

Description

Write files inits1.txt, inits2.txt, etc., in the working directory for OpenBUGS to read

Usage

bugs.inits(inits, n.chains, digits,
    inits.files = paste("inits", 1:n.chains, ".txt", sep = ""))

Arguments

inits

a list with n.chains elements; each element of the list is itself a list of starting values for the OpenBUGS model, or a function creating (possibly random) initial values

n.chains

number of Markov chains

digits

number of significant digits used for OpenBUGS input, see formatC

inits.files

name for the inits files R write the inits into.

Value

• Vector of names of inits.files; as a side effect, the inits files inits*.txt are written

See Also

The main function to be called by the user is bugs.