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Algorithm

  1. Start chain at tex2html_wrap_inline2971 with some initial value; Set s=0;
  2. Propose tex2html_wrap_inline2975 from tex2html_wrap_inline2977 ;
  3. Evaluate tex2html_wrap_inline2979 for each tex2html_wrap_inline2877 by integration;
  4. Accept tex2html_wrap_inline2983 with probability tex2html_wrap_inline2985 then tex2html_wrap_inline2987 else tex2html_wrap_inline2989 ;
  5. Repeat step 2 through 4 for tex2html_wrap_inline2835 and tex2html_wrap_inline2993 ;
  6. s = s+1;

The integration in the algorithm is evaluated three times per sweep, and this is critical to the speed of the sampler. Evaluation of tex2html_wrap_inline2985 is not always necessary and is greatly simplified as demonstrated in the appendix in Section gif.



Cathal Walsh
Sat Jan 22 17:09:53 GMT 2000