Future Developments
OpenBUGS
- Parallel processing of multiple chains
- Allow data not appearing in the model to appear in a data file
- Better documentation for some of the new logical functions
R2OpenBUGS
- Re-start feature. Using the externalize/internalize commands in OpenBUGS, R2OpenBUGS is being modified to allow a user to continue execution after reviewing sampled parameters in R.
BRugs
- Fix bugsData to not require the data to be in a loaded model, and to handle scientific notation properly
Wish List
(these will not necessarily be developed!)
- Allow trace plots to be opened before updating
- When generating initial values for top-level parameters, use the prior mean, not a sample from the prior (idea borrowed from JAGS)
- Allow parameters of dcat() and dmulti() to be any positive number and constrain internally to sum to one