BEAST v2.7.8 Documentation: beast.base.inference.operator.kernel.KernelDistribution$Bactrian

Kernel distribution with two modes, so called Bactrian distribution

Inputs:

mode, m, a, defaultInitial, defaultBurnin

 

mode
type: beast.base.inference.operator.kernel.KernelDistribution$Bactrian$mode
selects the shape of the distribution
Optional input

 

m
type: java.lang.Double
standard deviation for Bactrian distribution. Larger values give more peaked distributions. The default 0.95 is claimed to be a good choice (Yang 2014, book p.224).
Optional input. Default: 0.95

 

a
type: java.lang.Double
parameter for box, airplane and strawhat kernels, ignored otherwise
Optional input. Default: 0.0

 

defaultInitial
type: java.lang.Integer
Number of proposals skipped before learning about the val
Optional input. Default: 500

 

defaultBurnin
type: java.lang.Integer
Number of proposals skipped before any learned information is applied
Optional input. Default: 500