TABLE 1.

Means of the modes, standard deviation of the modes, and coverage estimators for relevant parameters of 25 simulated data sets each

s/ca	True θ, λ	θ	σθ	% coverage	λ	σλ	% coverage	μ	σμ	% coverage
c	0.05, 2	0.05124	0.008339	92	2.278	1.579	100	—	—	—
c	0.05, 200	0.04976	0.007293	100	248.7	135.44	100	—	—	—
s	0.05, 2	0.04937	0.008226	92	1.832	1.270	100	0.9723	0.06115	100
s	0.05, 200	0.04832	0.006364	92	194.7	98.9	96	0.972	0.05112	96
N1, λ1 → 2, s	0.1, 1	0.1006	0.02805	90	1.078	1.039	100	1.013	0.4470	100
N2, λ2 → 1, s	0.2, 10	0.2054	0.04405	90	11.04	3.343	100
N1, λ1 → 2, s	0.2, 1	0.2111	0.05082	92	1.509	1.939	96	0.9935	0.05762	92
N2, λ2 → 1, s	0.1, 10	0.1001	0.02510	100	12.13	4.559	100

Where serial sequences are used, μ is included. All run lengths were three million states while some runs were longer; see the text for details. The last four rows show the asymmetric simulations.

^aSerial samples (s); contemporary samples (c).