Thu Jan  8 15:39:15 2009; matthewdenwood

A set of functions to allow any user specified model to be
run in JAGS from within R, returning the MCMC chains as R
objects.  Includes functions to read external WinBUGS type
textfiles, and allows several ways of automatically specifying
model data from existing R objects or R functions.  Also
includes functions to automatically calculate model run length,
autocorrealtion and Gelman Rubin statistic diagnostics for all
models to simplify the process of achieving chain convergence.
Designed for maximum compatibility with WinBUGS syntax,
although minor modification to existing .bug files will be
required.  Requires Just Another Gibbs Sampler (JAGS) for most
functions, see: http://www-fis.iarc.fr/~martyn/software/jags/

A set of functions to allow any user specified model to be
run in JAGS from within R, returning the MCMC chains as R
objects.  Includes functions to read external WinBUGS type
textfiles, and allows several ways of automatically specifying
model data from existing R objects or R functions.  Also
includes functions to automatically calculate model run length,
autocorrealtion and Gelman Rubin statistic diagnostics for all
models to simplify the process of achieving chain convergence.
Designed for maximum compatibility with WinBUGS syntax,
although minor modification to existing .bug files will be
required.  Also provides functions for submission and retrieval
of jobs (both JAGS runs and user-specified R code execution) to
Apple Xgrid distributed computing clusters (Mac OS X machines
only).  Requires Just Another Gibbs Sampler (JAGS) for most
functions, see: http://www-fis.iarc.fr/~martyn/software/jags/

Interface utilities for JAGS (using BUGS syntax) and Apple Xgrid
distributed computing clusters
R (>= 2.13), coda, lattice, stats, utils
A set of utility functions to run BUGS models using JAGS
from within R, and for JAGS or arbitrary R code submission to
Xgrid clusters (requires Mac OS X).  Automatic control of model
run length, calculation of autocorrealtion and Gelman Rubin
statistic diagnostics, generation of trace and density plots,
calculation of DIC, and automatic retrieval of R objects as
data are supported.  Utilities to run user-supplied R functions
on Xgrid (using xapply as a replacement for lapply) are also
included, and do not require JAGS.