#122: Lower and upper bounds on priors used for two purposes --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: sebastien | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: 4.2 Component: Core M-files | Version: 4.1.2 Keywords: | --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- The p3 and p4 parameters of estimated_params are currently used for two distinct purposes: - specifying the domain of definition of the prior (uniform, generalized beta and gamma) - restricting the optimization for the posterior mode on a sub-domain of the definition of the prior
This double usage of the same values is confusing, and makes some cases impossible to describe in a MOD file (example: restricting the optimization on a subdomain of the interval of a uniform).
The fix is probably to distinguish these two usages in the MOD file by introducing a new syntax for restricting the optimization, and reflecting that change in the M code.