scale parameter for exponential covariance function
scale
scaling parameter for the prior variance of the national
average estimate
maxiter
maximum number of iterations in the Gibbs sampler
burn
number of iterations to discard
a0
parameter for Gamma prior on heterogeneity variance
b0
parameter for Gamma prior on heterogeneity variance
Details
This function is used to produce pooled national average estimates of
air pollution risks taking into account potential spatial correlation
between the risks. The function uses a Markov chain Monte Carlo
sampler to produce the
posterior distribution of the national average estimate and the
heterogeneity variance. See the reference below for more details.