rjags (version 4-6)

jags.samples: Generate posterior samples

Description

Function to extract random samples from the posterior distribution of the parameters of a jags model.

Usage

jags.samples(model, variable.names, n.iter, thin = 1,
             type="trace", ...)

Arguments

model

a jags model object

variable.names

a character vector giving the names of variables to be monitored

n.iter

number of iterations to monitor

thin

thinning interval for monitors

type

type of monitor

...

optional arguments passed to the update method for jags model objects

Value

A list of mcarray objects, with one element for each element of the variable.names argument.

Details

The jags.samples function creates monitors for the given variables, runs the model for n.iter iterations and returns the monitored samples.

See Also

jags.model, coda.samples

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  data(LINE)
  LINE$recompile()
  LINE.samples <- jags.samples(LINE, c("alpha","beta","sigma"),
  n.iter=1000)
  LINE.samples
# }