R2WinBUGS: Running 'WinBUGS' and 'OpenBUGS' from 'R' / 'S-PLUS'

Invoke a 'BUGS' model in 'OpenBUGS' or 'WinBUGS', a class "bugs" for 'BUGS' results and functions to work with that class. Function write.model() allows a 'BUGS' model file to be written. The class and auxiliary functions could be used with other MCMC programs, including 'JAGS'. The suggested package 'BRugs' (only needed for function openbugs()) is only available from the CRAN archives, see <https://cran.r-project.org/package=BRugs>.

Version:	2.1-24
Depends:	R (≥ 2.13.0), coda (≥ 0.11-0), boot
Imports:	utils, stats, graphics
Suggests:	BRugs
Published:	2026-02-23
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.R2WinBUGS
Author:	Andrew Gelman [aut], Sibylle Sturtz [aut], Uwe Ligges [cre, aut], Gregor Gorjanc [ctb], Jouni Kerman [ctb], Insightful Corp. [ctb] (Port to S-PLUS)
Maintainer:	Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
License:	GPL-2
NeedsCompilation:	no
SystemRequirements:	OpenBugs for functions bugs() and openbugs() or WinBUGS 1.4 for function bugs()
Citation:	R2WinBUGS citation info
Materials:	NEWS
In views:	Bayesian, GraphicalModels
CRAN checks:	R2WinBUGS results

Documentation:

Reference manual:	R2WinBUGS.html , R2WinBUGS.pdf
Vignettes:	R2WinBUGS (source)

Downloads:

Package source:	R2WinBUGS_2.1-24.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: R2WinBUGS_2.1-24.zip, r-release: R2WinBUGS_2.1-24.zip, r-oldrel: R2WinBUGS_2.1-24.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): R2WinBUGS_2.1-24.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): R2WinBUGS_2.1-24.tgz, r-release (x86_64): R2WinBUGS_2.1-24.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): R2WinBUGS_2.1-24.tgz
Old sources:	R2WinBUGS archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports:	isoWater, R2jags, spikeSlabGAM
Reverse suggests:	AICcmodavg, BayesPostEst, bcrm, bipd, dclone, lcra, postpack, R2MLwiN

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