From: Bayesian Models for Astrophysical Data, Cambridge Univ. Press

(c) 2017,  Joseph M. Hilbe, Rafael S. de Souza and Emille E. O. Ishida 

 

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Code 10.1 Normal linear model in R using JAGS for accessing the relationship between central black hole mass and bulge velocity dispersion

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require(R2jags)

# Data
path_to_data = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astrobayes/BMAD/master/data/Section_10p1/M_sigma.csv"

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# Read data
MS <- read.csv(path_to_data,header = T)

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# Identify variables
N <- nrow(MS)                                                                  # number of data points
obsx <- MS$obsx                                                               # log black hole mass
errx <- MS$errx                                                                 # error on log black hole mass
obsy <- MS$obsy                                                               # log velocity dispersion
erry <- MS$erry                                                                 # error on log velocity dispersion

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# Prepare data to JAGS
MS_data <- list(
  obsx = obsx,
  obsy = obsy,
  errx = errx,
  erry = erry,
  N = N
)

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# Fit
NORM_errors <-"model{
    # Diffuse normal priors for predictors
    alpha ~ dnorm(0,1e-3)
    beta ~ dnorm(0,1e-3)

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    # Gamma prior for scatter
    tau ~ dgamma(1e-3,1e-3) # precision
    epsilon <- 1/sqrt(tau) # intrinsic scatter

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    # Diffuse normal priors for true x
    for (i in 1:N){ x[i] ~ dnorm(0,1e-3) }

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    for (i in 1:N){
        obsx[i] ~ dnorm(x[i], pow(errx[i], -2))
        obsy[i] ~ dnorm(y[i], pow(erry[i], -2)) # likelihood function
        y[i] ~ dnorm(mu[i], tau)
        mu[i] <- alpha + beta*x[i] # linear predictor
    }
}"

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# Define initial values
inits <- function () {
  list(alpha = runif(1,0,10),
       beta = runif(1,0,10))
}

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# Identify parameters
params0 <- c("alpha","beta", "epsilon")

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# Fit
NORM_fit <- jags(data = MS_data,
                               inits = inits,
                               parameters = params0,
                               model = textConnection(NORM_errors),
                               n.chains = 3,
                               n.iter = 50000,
                               n.thin = 10,
                               n.burnin = 30000
                               )

# Output
print(NORM_fit,justify = "left", digits=2)

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