apollo_HB list of parametersValidates the apollo_HB list of parameters and sets default values for the omitted ones.
apollo_validateHBControl(
apollo_HB,
apollo_beta,
apollo_fixed,
apollo_control,
silent = FALSE
)Validated apollo_HB
List. Contains options for Bayesian estimation. See ?RSGHB::doHB for details.
Parameters modelname, gVarNamesFixed, gVarNamesNormal,
gDIST, svN and FC are automatically set based on the
other arguments of this function.
Other settings to include are the following.
constraintNorm: Character vector. Constraints for random coefficients
in bayesian estimation. Constraints can be written as
"b1>b2", "b1<b2", "b1>0", or "b1<0".
fixedA: Named numeric vector. Contains the names and fixed mean values of
random parameters. For example, c(b1=0) fixes the mean of b1 to zero.
fixedD: Named numeric vector. Contains the names and fixed variance of
random parameters. For example, c(b1=1) fixes the variance of b1 to zero.
gFULLCV: Boolean. Whether the full variance-covariance structure should be used for random parameters (TRUE by default).
gNCREP: Numeric. Number of burn-in iterations to use prior to convergence (default=10^5).
gNEREP: Numeric. Number of iterations to keep for averaging after convergence has been reached (default=10^5).
gINFOSKIP: Numeric. Number of iterations between printing/plotting information about the iteration process (default=250).
hbDist: Mandatory setting. A named character vector determining
the distribution of each parameter to be estimated. Possible
values are as follows.
"CN+": Positive censored normal.
"CN-": Negative censored normal.
"JSB": Johnson SB.
"LN+": Positive log-normal.
"LN-": Negative log-normal.
"N": Normal.
"NR": Fixed (as in non-random) parameter.
nodiagnostics: Boolean. Turn off pre-estimation diagnostics for RSGHB. Set to TRUE by default.
Named numeric vector. Names and values for parameters.
Character vector. Names (as defined in apollo_beta) of parameters whose value should not change during estimation.
value is constant throughout estimation).
List. Options controlling the running of the code. See apollo_validateInputs.
Boolean. TRUE to keep the function from printing to the console. Default is FALSE.
This function is only necessary when using bayesian estimation.