Software - WinBugs
What is WinBUGS?
Bayesian inference Using Gibbs Sampling is a piece of computer software for the Bayesian analysis of complex statistical models using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. It grew from a statistical research project at the MRC Biostatistics Unit, but now is developed jointly with the Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's, London.
Note: WinBUGS will not work if you save only the executable file. When you click on the link above, select Open. If you want to put a link to WinBUGS on your computer, please follow the instructions here.
WinBUGS aims to make practical MCMC methods available to applied statisticians. WinBUGS can use either a standard `point-and-click' windows interface for controlling the analysis, or can construct the model using a graphical interface called DoodleBUGS. There are also graphical tools for monitoring convergence of the simulation. The model specification and simulation are separate components: text versions of the model can be output from DoodleBUGS, and text model descriptions can also be used as input to the simulation program. All methods of model specification and analysis are similar to the methods developed for Classic BUGS.
WinBUGS also has a number of new features which were not part of Classic BUGS. These include a more general Metropolis sampler, on-line graphical monitoring tools, space-efficient monitoring of running means and standard deviations, some automatic residual plots for repeated measures data, and so on.
All the documentation specific to WinBUGS is available on-line and is packaged with the program.
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