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R2OpenBUGS (version 3.2-3.1)

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

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.