Streamlined format for estimating abundance parameters
The core idea in paramedic
is to combine absolute and relative abundance measurements and model efficiency to estimate parameters of the true distribution of absolute abundance. This may be done in a variety of ways by placing different priors on hyperparameters and likelihood functions on the data. In this release, we have streamlined this approach in paramedic
by:
- Removing the function
run_paramedic_centered
; this can now be achieved by passingcentered=TRUE
torun_paramedic
- Removing the function
no_efficiency
; if efficiency is truly not desired (we emphasize that this is probably not the case), passalpha_sigma=0
andkappa_sigma=0
torun_paramedic
- Streamlining the underlying stan models so that it is simpler to add/change distributions.
We have also added a new vignette that discusses the various hierarchical modeling options in paramedic
.