Re: [R] MCMC sampling question

2009-08-12 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Thomas Mang wrote: Hello, Consider MCMC sampling with metropolis / metropolis hastings proposals and a density function with a given valid parameter space. How are MCMC proposals performed if the parameter could be located at the very extreme of the parameter space, or even 'beyond that' ?

[R] MCMC sampling question

2009-08-11 Thread Thomas Mang
Hello, Consider MCMC sampling with metropolis / metropolis hastings proposals and a density function with a given valid parameter space. How are MCMC proposals performed if the parameter could be located at the very extreme of the parameter space, or even 'beyond that' ? Example to express i