[R] R2WinBUGS problem

[Troels Ring]

Dear friends - I'm on winXP, R 2.71 - I have with some help dveloped 
this multivariate normal model, which gives very plausible results in 
WinBUGS even without any
initial values specified. However, when I then try to run the same model 
via the bugs function in R2WinBUGS with inits specified as inits=NULL 
the program stops in a dead end. So I have tried to make inits for the 
bugs function as shown below. But then WinBUGS come to a halt while 
these inits are being handled so they are seemingly wrong. This is a bit 
annoying and I would like to know how I managed to corrupt the inits. 
This is sent both to WinBUGS and R with hope and some anxiety.
Best wishes
Troels


cat("
model {
  for (i in 1:126) {
         dep[i]   ~   dnorm(mu.dep[i],tau.dep)
       mu.dep[i]  <-  alpha[ID[i]]*NAK.cor[i]+beta[ID[i]]*TBW.cor[i]
       fit[i]     <-  mu.dep[i]+CONST[i]
                    }
  tau.dep     <-  pow(sigma_dep,-2)
  sigma_dep   ~   dunif(0,100)
  for (j in 1:16) {
  alpha[lev[j]]         <-   AB[lev[j],1]
  beta[lev[j]]          <-   AB[lev[j],2]
  AB[lev[j],1:2]        ~   dmnorm(AB.hat[lev[j],],tau.AB[,])I(lower[], 
upper[])
  AB.hat[lev[j],1]      <-  mu.alpha
  AB.hat[lev[j],2]      <-  mu.beta
                  }
  lower[1]            <- 0
   lower[2]           <- -100
   upper[1]           <- 100
   upper[2]           <- 0

  mu.alpha        ~ dnorm(0,0.0001)
  mu.beta         ~ dnorm(0,0.0001)

  tau.AB[1:2,1:2] <-  inverse(sigma.AB[,])
  sigma.AB[1,1]   <-  pow(sigma.alpha,2)
  sigma.alpha     ~   dunif(0,100)
  sigma.AB[2,2]   <-  pow(sigma.beta,2)
  sigma.beta      ~   dunif(0,100)
  sigma.AB[1,2]   <-  rho*sigma.alpha*sigma.beta
  sigma.AB[2,1]   <-  sigma.AB[1,2]
  rho              ~  dunif(-1,1)
  }",
file="ml3_pig.bug")
pigs3.inits <- function () {
  list (AB=array(c(runif(16,0,10),runif(16,-30,0)),c(16,2)),
  mu.alpha=runif(1,0,10), mu.beta=runif(1,-30,0),
  sigma.dep=runif(1), sigma.alpha=runif(1), sigma.beta=runif(1), 
rho=runif(1))
}


pigs.parameters <- c ("mu.alpha", "mu.beta", "sigma_dep","alpha","beta",
"fit","deviance","rho")

pigs3 <- bugs (ml_pig.data, debug=TRUE,inits=pigs3.inits,
pigs.parameters, "ml3_pig.bug",  n.iter=2000,n.chains=3,
bugs.directory = bugs.directory)

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Troels Ring - -
Department of nephrology - - 
Aalborg Hospital 9100 Aalborg, Denmark - -
+45 99326629 - -
tring at gvdnet.dk