dlm (version 1.1-2)

mcmc: Utility functions for MCMC output analysis

Description

Returns the mean, the standard deviation of the mean, and a sequence of partial means of the input vector or matrix.

Usage

mcmcMean(x, sd = TRUE)
mcmcMeans(x, sd = TRUE)
mcmcSD(x)
ergMean(x, m = 1)

Arguments

x

vector or matrix containing the output of a Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation.

sd

logical: should an estimate of the Monte Carlo standard deviation be reported?

m

ergodic means are computed for i in m:NROW(x)

Details

The argument x is typically the output from a simulation. If a matrix, rows are considered consecutive simulations of a target vector. In this case means, standard deviations, and ergodic means are returned for each column. The standard deviation of the mean is estimated using Sokal's method (see the reference). mcmcMeans is an alias for mcmcMean.

References

P. Green (2001). A Primer on Markov Chain Monte Carlo. In Complex Stochastic Systems, (Barndorff-Nielsen, Cox and Kl"uppelberg, eds.). Chapman and Hall/CRC.

Examples

x <- matrix(rexp(1000), nc=4)
dimnames(x) <- list(NULL, LETTERS[1:NCOL(x)])
mcmcSD(x)
mcmcMean(x)
em <- ergMean(x, m = 51)
plot(ts(em, start=51), xlab="Iteration", main="Ergodic means")