What is the difference between WinBUGS and OpenBUGS?

What is the difference between WinBUGS and OpenBUGS?

OpenBUGS looks very similar to WinBUGS, and is just as stable and reliable, having been validated on a wide range of examples. However OpenBUGS has more advanced functionality for MCMC sampling, and unlike WinBUGS, runs natively on Linux as a command-line program.

How do I use OpenBUGS in R?

Details

  1. Write a BUGS model in an ASCII file (hint: use write. model ).
  2. Go into R.
  3. Prepare the inputs for the bugs function and run it (see Example section).
  4. An OpenBUGS window will pop up and R will freeze up. The model will now run in OpenBUGS. It might take awhile.
  5. If an error message appears, re-run with debug=TRUE .

How do I run codes in WinBUGS?

Click: File -> Open in the WinBUGS menus. Navigate to your text file containing the WinBUGS code and select and open it. A window with the code should pop up within WinBUGS.

What are WinBUGS for?

WinBUGS is a Bayesian analysis software that uses Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) to fit statistical models. WinBUGS can be used in statistical problems as simple as estimating means and variances or as complicated as fitting multilevel models, measurement error models, and missing data models.

How do I install WinBUGS?

Installing WinBUGS 1.4 in Windows Copy WinBUGS14.exe to your computer. Go into Explore and double click on WinBUGS14.exe. Follow the instructions in the dialog box. You should have a new directory called WinBUGS14 within Program Files.

How do I use WinBUGS in R?

To run WinBugs from R

  1. Write a Bugs model in a file with a .
  2. Prepare the inputs to the “bugs” function and run it (see example below).
  3. A WinBugs14 window will pop up and R will freeze up.
  4. If an error message appears, re-run with the debug=TRUE option.

How do I use WinBugs in R?

How do I install Jags in R?

It is easy to install R package from inside R Studio. You just need to be connected to the web. See the pane where your plots come out? In that same location you should be able to select a tab called “Packages.” From there click “Install” and write the name of the package you want to install (rjags).

How do I run WinBUGS in R?

How do I install WinBUGS on Windows 10?

How do I run WinBUGS on Mac?

Running R2WinBUGS on a Mac Running OSX

  1. Have the free version of XCode Installed from http://developer.apple.com/xcode/.
  2. Have X11 Installed from your system install disc.
  3. Install http://www.macports.org/install.php and install from the package installer.
  4. Open your terminal and type.

How do I run WinBugs in R?

What is Rjags?

The rjags package provides an interface from R to the JAGS library for Bayesian data analysis. JAGS uses Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) to generate a sequence of dependent samples from the posterior distribution of the parameters. Details. JAGS is a clone of BUGS (Bayesian analysis Using Gibbs Sampling).

Is Stan fast?

The scenario with weak posterior correlations offers ideal conditions, and when JAGS is given a fully conjugate hierarchical model, it is sampling very fast here – showing the fastest performance in this test. Stan is also fast in this situation, but does take about 3 times as long JAGS.

What is Jags and Stan?

JAGS is a variation on BUGS, similar to WinBUGS and OpenBUGS, where a model states just relations between variables. Stan on the other hand, is a program where a model has clearly defined parts, where order of statements is of influence. Stan is compiled, which takes some time by itself.

How do I install OpenBUGS on Windows?

Installing WinBUGS 1.4 in Windows Copy WinBUGS14.exe to your computer. Go into Explore and double click on WinBUGS14.exe. Follow the instructions in the dialog box.

How do I install OpenBUGS on my Mac?

Drag and drop the .exe OpenBUGS installation package into the Program Files directory. Go back to the “Start” menu on the Wine menu bar and click “Run.” Select “Browse” and go to the Program Files directory until you find the installation package. Double click it and follow the instructions.

How do I install bugs on my Mac?

This document is originally from here!

  1. Install Homebrew.
  2. Open the terminal on your Mac and type: brew install wine.
  3. Download the setup program for OpenBUGS on Windows from here (current version: OpenBUGS323setup.exe).
  4. Still in Terminal, navigate to the directory where the setup program was downloaded.