map_from_density {agfh}

Calculate the MAP Estimate from Posterior Samples

Description

Find maximum a posteriori estimate using posterior samples

Usage

  map_from_density(param.ts, plot=FALSE)

Arguments

param.ts

vector of scalar samples

plot

boolean, plot or not

Details

Finds location of max of density from samples.

Value

Scalar MAP estimate.

Source

Marten Thompson [e-mail]

Examples

  n.post.samp <- 10
  beta.samp <- rnorm(n.post.samp, 0, 1/2)

  map_from_density(beta.samp)