jags.parallel - get(name, envir = envir) 中的错误：第一个参数无效

Question

使用jags.parallel时，出现以下错误：

> out <- jags.parallel(win.data, inits, params, "Poisson.OD.t.test.txt",
+ nc, ni, nb, nt);
Error in get(name, envir = envir) : invalid first argument

使用jags 函数的相同调用运行正常。我只找到了one thread on this topic，但只有一个推测性的建议在这里不适用也不行。

可复现的代码，取自Introduction to WinBUGS for ecologists, see chapter 14.1（稍作修改）：

set.seed(123)

### 14.1.2. Data generation
n.site <- 10
x <- gl(n = 2, k = n.site, labels = c("grassland", "arable"))
eps <- rnorm(2*n.site, mean = 0, sd = 0.5)# Normal random effect
lambda.OD <- exp(0.69 +(0.92*(as.numeric(x)-1) + eps) )
lambda.Poisson <- exp(0.69 +(0.92*(as.numeric(x)-1)) ) # For comparison

C.OD <- rpois(n = 2*n.site, lambda = lambda.OD)
C.Poisson <- rpois(n = 2*n.site, lambda = lambda.Poisson)

### 14.1.4. Analysis using WinBUGS
# Define model
sink("Poisson.OD.t.test.txt")
cat("
model {
# Priors
 alpha ~ dnorm(0,0.001)
 beta ~ dnorm(0,0.001)
 sigma ~ dunif(0, 10)   
 tau <- 1 / (sigma * sigma)
 maybe_overdisp <- mean(exp_eps[])

# Likelihood
 for (i in 1:n) {
    C.OD[i] ~ dpois(lambda[i]) 
    log(lambda[i]) <- alpha + beta *x[i] #+ eps[i]
    eps[i] ~ dnorm(0, tau)
    exp_eps[i] <- exp(eps[i])
 }
}
",fill=TRUE)
sink()


# Bundle data
win.data <- list(C.OD = C.OD, x = as.numeric(x)-1, n = length(x))

# Inits function
inits <- function(){ list(alpha=rlnorm(1), beta=rlnorm(1), sigma = rlnorm(1))}

# Parameters to estimate
params <- c("lambda","alpha", "beta", "sigma", "maybe_overdisp")

# MCMC settings
nc <- 3     # Number of chains
ni <- 3000     # Number of draws from posterior per chain
nb <- 1000     # Number of draws to discard as burn-in
nt <- 5     # Thinning rate

require(R2jags)

# THIS WORKS FINE
out <- R2jags::jags(win.data, inits, params, "Poisson.OD.t.test.txt",
    nc, ni, nb, nt);

# THIS PRODUCES ERROR
out <- jags.parallel(win.data, inits, params, "Poisson.OD.t.test.txt",
    nc, ni, nb, nt);

# THIS ALSO PRODUCES ERROR
out <- do.call(jags.parallel, list(win.data, inits, params, "Poisson.OD.t.test.txt",
    nc, ni, nb, nt));

Answer 1

Jags/R 在这条线路上实际上存在两个问题：

out <- jags.parallel(win.data, inits, params, "Poisson.OD.t.test.txt",
    nc, ni, nb, nt);

两者都与函数参数的评估有关 - 他可能无法解析引用其他 R 变量的参数：

1) win.data 被编码为 WinBUGS/Jags 通常的变量名：

win.data <- list(C.OD = C.OD, x = as.numeric(x)-1, n = length(x))`

但是jags.parallel 发出错误“get(name, envir = envir) 中的错误：第一个参数无效”。他想要这种格式的数据：

windata <- list("C.OD", "x", "n")

为什么？别问我……我是在阅读?jags的例子时发现的。

2) 函数调用中的参数nc, ni, nb, nt 有问题！如果我放常量就可以了，但是对变量的引用对他来说是不可接受的。不要问我为什么。在strange jags.parallel error / avoiding lazy evaluation in function call 找到补救措施。

完整的修复如下所示：

out <- do.call(jags.parallel, list(names(win.data), inits, params, "Poisson.OD.t.test.txt",
    nc, ni, nb, nt));