Model-Based Assessment of Estuary Ecosystem Health Using the Latent Health Factor Index, with Application to the Richibucto Estuary
Figure 4
Trace plots of two independent MCMC chains.
The two chains for selected parameters from fitting Equations 3–pone.0065697.e031pone.0065697.e032pone.0065697.e042pone.0065697.e043pone.0065697.e0769 (assuming ) are shown in red and blue, both thinned by 100 iterations. (a) Intercept
. (b) Regression coefficient of the (centered) interaction
. (c) Random effect
. (d) Latent health
. (e) Standard deviation
. (f) Fixed effect
. Trace plots for all other
model parameters show similar patterns that suggest convergence after a burn-in of merely 1,000.