converge
The software in this page provides a summary of a posterior simulation
file that is useful in choosing the number of iterations assigned to the
burn-in, or transient state. A description of the procedures is in the
converge.ps or converge.pdf files in this page.
The input for converge conists of two lines. The first line is the name of
the posterior simulation file. The second line is the number of free
parameters in the likelihood function.
Computation time for this software is very fast. It is usually practical
to display the output directly on the screen.
A description of the methodology can be found in BACC manual.
Languages
C routines
To run the program:
- Edit the control file (i.e., convergein) as specified above
- Compile and link
- enter the command converge < CONTROL-FILE > OUTPUT-FILE
Files needed to create executable:
Library Files needed to obtain executables:
Fortran Routines
To run the program:
- Edit the control file described above
- Compile and link
- Enter the command converge < CONTROL-FILE > OUTPUT-FILE
Files needed to obtain the executable:
Libraries needed:
This routine uses IMSL. The user needs to link to IMSL or to the libraries described in LIBRARIES to generate executable.
Gauss
To run the program:
- Edit the top portion of converge
- Enter the command gauss -b converge
Files needed:
Mathematica
To run the program:
- Edit the top portion of converge.m
- Enter the command math < converge.m
Files needed to obtain the executable:
Matlab
To run the program:
- Edit the control file as noted above
- Edit the top portion of converge.m to specify the name of the control file and the name of the output file.
- Edit the files lrange.m and repar.m
- Enter the command matlab < converge.m
Files needed to obtain the executable:
SPlus
To run the program:
- Edit the top portion of converge
- Enter the command splus BATCH converge out
Files needed to obtain the executable:
Samples
Sample input and output files for Converge
- sim(sample simulation file obtained from uvr1)
- convergein(sample input file for converge)
- convergeout(sample output file for converge)