DIC {Brq}

Estimate Deviance Information Criterion (DIC)

Description

This function computes the Deviance Information Criterion (DIC) for Brq, which is a hierarchical modeling generalization of the Akaike Information Criterion. It is useful for Bayesian model selection.

Usage

DIC(object)

Arguments

object

an output object of the Brq function.

References

Spiegelhalter, D.J.. Best, N.G., Carlin, B.P., van der Linde, A. (2002). Bayesian measures of model complexity and fit. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 64 (4): 583-639.