BEAST v2.7.8 Documentation: beast.base.inference.operator.kernel.BactrianRandomWalkOperator

Proposes a move in state space.
Operator with a flexible kernel distribution
A random walk operator that selects a random dimension of the real parameter and perturbs the value a random amount according to a Bactrian distribution (Yang & Rodriguez, 2013), which is a mixture of two Gaussians:p(x) = 1/2*N(x;-m,1-m^2) + 1/2*N(x;+m,1-m^2) and more efficient than RealRandomWalkOperator

Inputs:

parameter, scaleFactor, windowSize, optimise, kernelDistribution, weight

 

parameter
type: beast.base.inference.parameter.RealParameter
the parameter to operate a random walk on.
Required input

 

scaleFactor
type: java.lang.Double
deprecated -- use windowSize instead
Optional input

 

windowSize
type: java.lang.Double
window size: larger means more bold proposals
Optional input

 

optimise
type: java.lang.Boolean
flag to indicate that the scale factor is automatically changed in order to achieve a good acceptance rate (default true)
Optional input. Default: true

 

kernelDistribution
type: beast.base.inference.operator.kernel.KernelDistribution
provides sample distribution for proposals
Optional input

 

weight
type: java.lang.Double
weight with which this operator is selected
Required input