mergeMD                package:eiPack                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Allows users to combine output from several chains output by
     'ei.MD.bayes'

_U_s_a_g_e:

     mergeMD(list, discard = 0) 

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    list: A list containing the names of multiple eiMD objects
          generated from the same model.

 discard: The number of draws to discard from the beginning of each
          chain.   Default is to retain all draws.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     Returns an 'eiMD' object of the same format as the input.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Michael Kellermann <kellerm@post.harvard.edu>

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Martyn Plummer, Nicky Best, Kate Cowles, and Karen Vines. 2002.
     _Output Analysis and Diagnostics for MCMC (CODA)_. <URL: 
     http://www-fis.iarc.fr/coda/>.

     Ori Rosen, Wenxin Jiang, Gary King, and Martin A. Tanner. 2001. 
     ``Bayesian and Frequentist Inference for Ecological Inference: The
     R x C Case.'' _Statistica Neerlandica_ 55: 134-156.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'ei.MD.bayes'

