esr {universals}R Documentation

Effective Sampling Rate

Description

Calculates the effective sampling rate (esr).

Usage

esr(x, ...)

Arguments

x

An object.

...

Other arguments passed to methods.

Details

By default

\frac{1}{1 + 2 \sum_{k = 1}^\infty\rho_k(\theta)}

from Brooks et al. (2011) where the infinite sum is truncated at lag k when \rho_{k+1}(\theta) < 0.

Value

A number between 0 and 1 indicating the esr value.

References

Brooks, S., Gelman, A., Jones, G.L., and Meng, X.-L. (Editors). 2011. Handbook for Markov Chain Monte Carlo. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton.

See Also

Other convergence: converged_pars(), converged_terms(), converged(), esr_pars(), esr_terms(), rhat_pars(), rhat_terms(), rhat()


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