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. 2006 Aug 31;79(4):679–694. doi: 10.1086/508264

Table A1. .

Summary of Possible Changes to the Current Parameter Set in the Reversible-Jump MCMC Algorithm[Note]

Relative Weights Inline graphic
Change (j) Proposal Parameters K=1 K=2 2<K<n K=n
1 Cluster birth K, C, φ 0 .25 .25 0
2 Cluster death K, C, φ 0 0 .25 .25
3 Cluster-center swap C 0 .10 .10 0
4 Cluster center C 0 .10 .10 0
5 Causal-variant probability φ 0 .10 .10 .10
6 Baseline log-odds of disease μ .05 .05 .05 .05
7 Causal-variant additive effect βA 0 .05 .05 .05
8 Causal-variant dominance effect βD 0 .05 .05 .05
9 Covariate-regression coefficient γ .05 .05 .05 .05
 Total weight Inline graphic .10 .75 1.00 .55

Note.— Relative weights for changes under the null model, M0, are given by K=1. Relative weights for changes under the alternative model, M1, are given by K>1.