This manual describes the WinBUGS software - an interactive Windows version of the BUGS program for Bayesian analysis of complex statistical models using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques. WinBUGS allows models to be described using a slightly amended version of the BUGS language, or as
Doodles (graphical representations of models) which can, if desired, be translated to a text-based description. The BUGS language is more flexible than the Doodles.
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