[R] Error from Brugs "'r for windows gui front-end has stopped working''

[Jin Minming]

Hello Uwe,

Yes. These packages are what I used for the test in Windows 7 and vista system:
 R-2.14.1 in 32-bit
 BRugs version 0.7-5
 OpenBUGS version (3.2.1)

Thanks,

Wei


--- On Wed, 25/1/12, Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:

> From: Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
> Subject: Re: [R] Error from Brugs "'r for windows gui front-end has stopped working''
> To: "Jin Minming" <jminming at yahoo.com>
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Date: Wednesday, 25 January, 2012, 11:09
> I just tried all 100 iterations both
> under WinXP and Windows Server 2008 
> of your script under 32-bit R (which I assume you are using
> when talking 
> about the old BRugs below).
> 
> Please confirm:
> R-2.14.1 in 32-bit
> BRugs version 0.7-5
> OpenBUGS version (3.2.1)
> 
> I do not have any Win7 machine available before Friday.
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> On 25.01.2012 09:55, Jin Minming wrote:
> > I forgot to add the R codes. The following are the
> codes I used for this problem:
> >
> >
> > ###    Step by step example:   
> ###
> > library(BRugs) # loading BRugs
> >
> > ## Now setting the working directory to the examples'
> one:
> > setwd(options()$OpenBUGSExamples)
> >
> > ## add a simple loop
> > for (mn in 1:100){
> >
> > ## some usual steps (like clicking in WinBUGS):
> > modelCheck("Ratsmodel.txt")       
>   # check model file
> > modelData("Ratsdata.txt")       
>     # read data file
> > modelCompile(numChains=2)       
>     # compile model with 2 chains
> > modelInits(rep("Ratsinits.txt", 2))  # read init
> data file
> > modelUpdate(1000)         
>           # burn in
> > samplesSet(c("alpha0", "alpha")) 
>    # alpha0 and alpha should be monitored
> > modelUpdate(1000)         
>           # 1000 more iterations
> ....
> >
> > samplesStats("*")         
>           # the summarized results
> >
> > ## some plots
> > #samplesHistory("*", mfrow = c(4, 2)) # plot the
> chain,
> > #samplesDensity("alpha")       
>       # plot the densities,
> > #samplesBgr("alpha[1:6]")       
>      # plot the bgr statistics, and
> > #samplesAutoC("alpha[1:6]", 1)     
>   # plot autocorrelations of 1st chain
> >
> > # force to print the current loop number
> > flush.console()
> > print(mn)
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 24/1/12, Jin Minming<jminming at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Jin Minming<jminming at yahoo.com>
> >> Subject: [R] Error from Brugs "'r for windows gui
> front-end has stopped working''
> >> To: r-help at r-project.org
> >> Date: Tuesday, 24 January, 2012, 20:08
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I just try to run the example in R brugs packages,
> but not
> >> only once. Loop is added in this example. After
> several
> >> times (7, 11, or other random number), there is an
> error
> >> message "r for windows gui front-end has stopped
> working".
> >> This happened in two laptops with windows 7 and
> vista. I
> >> have tried different versions of R (2.14.1 and
> 2.13) and
> >> Brugs packages (0.7.1 and 0.7-5). But it works well
> in a
> >> computer installed with Windows XP system.
> >>
> >> Anyone has some idea how to avoid this crash in
> Windows
> >> Vista or 7 system?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
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