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From: Bayesian Models for Astrophysical Data, Cambridge Univ. Press

(c) 2017,  Joseph M. Hilbe, Rafael S. de Souza and Emille E. O. Ishida  

 

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Code 6.26 Create synthetic negative binomial data

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require(R2jags)
require(MASS)


nobs <- 750


x1 <- runif(nobs)
xb <- 2 - 5 * x1


exb <- exp(xb)
theta <- 0.5
Q = 1.4


nbpy <- rnegbin(n=nobs, mu = exb, theta = theta*exb^Q)
TP <- data.frame(nbpy, x1)

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Code 6.27 Bayesian three-parameter NB-P – indirect parameterization with zero trick

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X <- model.matrix(~ x1 , data = TP)
K <- ncol(X)                                                                                  # number of betas


model.data <- list(Y = TP$nbpy,                                                   # response
                              X = X,                                                              # covariates
                              N = nobs,                                                         # sample size
                              K =K)

sink("NBPreg.txt")

cat("
model{
    # Diffuse normal priors on betas
    for (i in 1:K) { beta[i] ~ dnorm(0, 0.0001) }

    # Prior for dispersion
    theta ~ dgamma(0.001,0.001)

    # Uniform prior for Q
    Q ~ dunif(0,3)

    # NB-P likelihood using the zero trick
    for (i in 1:N){
        theta_eff[i]<- theta*(mu[i]^Q)
        Y[i] ~ dnegbin(p[i], theta_eff[i])
        p[i] <- theta_eff[i]/(theta_eff[i] + mu[i])
        log(mu[i]) <- eta[i]
        eta[i] <- inprod(beta[], X[i,])
        }
    }
    "
,fill = TRUE)

sink()

# Inits function
inits <- function () {
  list(beta = rnorm(K, 0, 0.1),
       theta = 1,
       Q =1)
}

# Parameters to display n output
params <- c("beta",
                    "theta",
                     "Q")

NBP <- jags(data = model.data,
                     inits = inits,
                     parameters = params,
                     model = "NBPreg.txt",
                     n.thin = 1,
                     n.chains = 3,
                     n.burnin = 2500,
                     n.iter = 5000)

print(NBP, intervals=c(0.025, 0.975), digits=3)

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Output on screen:

Inference for Bugs model at "NBPreg.txt", fit using jags,

    3 chains, each with 5000 iterations (first 2500 discarded)

    n.sims = 7500 iterations saved

 

                       mu.vect        sd.vect             2.5%           97.5%      Rhat       n.eff

Q                        1.245          0.093            1.068             1.431      1.001      3100

beta[1]                2.060         0.048            1.962             2.151      1.001      6200

beta[2]               -5.125         0.205           -5.525           -4.718      1.002      2100

theta                    0.529         0.062            0.413             0.659      1.001      4300

deviance       3512.175          2.903      3508.601      3519.508       1.004      1200

 

For each parameter, n.eff is a crude measure of effective sample size,

and Rhat is the potential scale reduction factor (at convergence, Rhat=1).

 

DIC info (using the rule, pD = var(deviance)/2)

pD = 4.2 and DIC = 3516.4

DIC is an estimate of expected predictive error (lower deviance is better).

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