bugs.inits {R2OpenBUGS}

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.