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Table 1 Specification of prior information

From: Estimation of the relationship between meteorological factors and measles using spatiotemporal Bayesian model in Shandong Province, China

Parameters

Prior distribution

Initial value

Fixed effects

β ~ Gaussian (0, 10–3)

 

Random effects

 Spatial (BYM)a

τ ~ Gamma (1, 5a 10–4)

4

 Temporal (iid)

τ ~ Gamma (1, 5a 10–5)

4

 Temporal (rw2)

τ ~ Gamma (1, 5a 10–5)

4

 Over-dispersion

θ1 ~ pc.mgamma (7)b

2.30258509299405

 Zero-inflated

θ2 ~ Gaussian (-1, 0.2)

-1

  1. aTwo spatial parameters, including structured and unstructured spatial terms
  2. bPenalised complexity prior (pc.mgamma prior)
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