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Author: kingaa
Date: 2015-02-27 03:57:51 +0100 (Fri, 27 Feb 2015)
New Revision: 1107

Added:
   pkg/pomp/man/design.Rd
Removed:
   pkg/pomp/man/abc-methods.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/mif-methods.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/pfilter-methods.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/profile-design.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/slice-design.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/sobol.Rd
Modified:
   pkg/pomp/man/abc.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/builder.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/gompertz.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/lowlevel.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/mif.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/ou2.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/pfilter.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/plugins.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/pomp-methods.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/pomp-package.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/pomp.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/proposals.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/ricker.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/rw2.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/simulate-pomp.Rd
   pkg/pomp/man/sir.Rd
   www/content/NEWS.html
   www/vignettes/advanced_topics_in_pomp.pdf
   www/vignettes/bsmc-ricker-flat-prior.rda
   www/vignettes/bsmc-ricker-normal-prior.rda
   www/vignettes/gompertz-multi-mif.rda
   www/vignettes/gompertz-performance.rda
   www/vignettes/gompertz-trajmatch.rda
   www/vignettes/intro_to_pomp.R
   www/vignettes/intro_to_pomp.Rnw
   www/vignettes/intro_to_pomp.pdf
   www/vignettes/nlf-fit-from-truth.rda
   www/vignettes/nlf-fits.rda
   www/vignettes/plugin-C-code.rda
   www/vignettes/plugin-R-code.rda
   www/vignettes/pomp.pdf
   www/vignettes/ricker-first-probe.rda
   www/vignettes/ricker-mif.rda
   www/vignettes/ricker-probe-match.rda
   www/vignettes/ricker-probe.rda
   www/vignettes/vectorized-C-code.rda
   www/vignettes/vectorized-R-code.rda
Log:
- many edits to help pages
- update vignettes

Deleted: pkg/pomp/man/abc-methods.Rd
===================================================================
--- pkg/pomp/man/abc-methods.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:40 UTC (rev 1106)
+++ pkg/pomp/man/abc-methods.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:51 UTC (rev 1107)
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-\name{abc-methods}
-\docType{methods}
-\alias{abc-methods}
-\alias{conv.rec,abc-method}
-\alias{conv.rec-abc}
-\alias{conv.rec,abcList-method}
-\alias{conv.rec-abcList}
-\alias{plot-abc}
-\alias{plot,abc-method}
-\alias{plot-abcList}
-\alias{plot,abcList-method}
-\alias{abcList-class}
-\alias{c-abc}
-\alias{c,abc-method}
-\alias{c-abcList}
-\alias{c,abcList-method}
-\alias{[-abcList}
-\alias{[,abcList-method}
-\title{Methods of the "abc" class}
-\description{Methods of the "abc" class.}
-\usage{
-\S4method{conv.rec}{abc}(object, pars, \dots)
-\S4method{conv.rec}{abcList}(object, \dots)
-\S4method{plot}{abc}(x, y, pars, scatter = FALSE, \dots)
-\S4method{plot}{abcList}(x, y, \dots)
-\S4method{c}{abc}(x, \dots, recursive = FALSE)
-\S4method{c}{abcList}(x, \dots, recursive = FALSE)
-}
-\arguments{
-  \item{object, x}{The \code{abc} object.}
-  \item{pars}{Names of parameters.}
-  \item{y, recursive}{Ignored.}
-  \item{scatter}{
-    optional logical;
-    If \code{TRUE}, draw scatterplots.
-    If \code{FALSE}, draw traceplots.
-  }
-  \item{\dots}{
-    Further arguments (either ignored or passed to underlying functions).
-  }
-}
-\section{Methods}{
-  \describe{
-    \item{conv.rec}{
-      \code{conv.rec(object, pars)} returns the columns of the convergence-record matrix corresponding to the names in \code{pars}.
-      By default, all rows are returned.
-    }
-    \item{c}{
-      Concatenates \code{abc} objects into an \code{abcList}.
-    }
-    \item{plot}{
-      Diagnostic plots.
-    }
-  }
-}
-\author{Edward L. Ionides \email{ionides at umich dot edu}, Aaron A. King \email{kingaa at umich dot edu}}
-\seealso{\code{\link{abc}}, \code{\link{pomp}}}
-\keyword{ts}

Modified: pkg/pomp/man/abc.Rd
===================================================================
--- pkg/pomp/man/abc.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:40 UTC (rev 1106)
+++ pkg/pomp/man/abc.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:51 UTC (rev 1107)
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-\name{abc}
+\title{Estimation by approximate Bayesian computation (ABC)}
+\name{Approximate Bayesian computation}
 \docType{methods}
 \alias{abc}
+\alias{ABC}
 \alias{abc-abc}
 \alias{abc,probed.pomp-method}
 \alias{abc-probed.pomp}
@@ -11,7 +13,22 @@
 \alias{continue,abc-method}
 \alias{continue-abc}
 \alias{abc-class}
-\title{The ABC algorithm}
+\alias{abc-methods}
+\alias{conv.rec,abc-method}
+\alias{conv.rec-abc}
+\alias{conv.rec,abcList-method}
+\alias{conv.rec-abcList}
+\alias{plot-abc}
+\alias{plot,abc-method}
+\alias{plot-abcList}
+\alias{plot,abcList-method}
+\alias{abcList-class}
+\alias{c-abc}
+\alias{c,abc-method}
+\alias{c-abcList}
+\alias{c,abcList-method}
+\alias{[-abcList}
+\alias{[,abcList-method}
 \description{
   The approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) algorithm for estimating the parameters of a partially-observed Markov process.
 }
@@ -25,6 +42,10 @@
     probes, scale, epsilon,
     verbose = getOption("verbose"), \dots)
 \S4method{continue}{abc}(object, Nabc = 1, \dots)
+\S4method{conv.rec}{abc}(object, pars, \dots)
+\S4method{conv.rec}{abcList}(object, \dots)
+\S4method{plot}{abc}(x, y, pars, scatter = FALSE, \dots)
+\S4method{plot}{abcList}(x, y, \dots)
 }
 \arguments{
   \item{object}{
@@ -44,7 +65,6 @@
     Several functions that construct appropriate proposal function are provided:
     see \link{MCMC proposal functions} for more information.
   }
-  \item{pars}{Deprecated and ignored.  Will be removed in a future release.}
   \item{rw.sd}{
     Deprecated.  Will be removed in a future release.
     Specifying \code{rw.sd} is equivalent to setting \code{proposal=mvn.diag.rw(rw.sd)}.
@@ -62,33 +82,48 @@
   \item{verbose}{
     logical; if TRUE, print progress reports.
   }
+  \item{pars}{Names of parameters.}
+  \item{scatter}{
+    optional logical;
+    If \code{TRUE}, draw scatterplots.
+    If \code{FALSE}, draw traceplots.
+  }
+  \item{x}{\code{abc} object.}
+  \item{y}{Ignored.}
   \item{\dots}{
     Additional arguments.
     These are currently ignored.
   }
 }
-\value{
-  An object of class \code{abc}.
-  This class inherits from class \code{\link[=probed.pomp-class]{probed.pomp}} and contains the following additional slots:
-  \describe{
-    \item{pars, Nabc, dprior, hyperparams, scale, epsilon}{
-      These slots hold the values of the corresponding arguments of the call to \code{abc}.
-    }
-  }
+\section{Running ABC}{
+  \code{abc} returns an object of class \code{abc}.
+  One or more \code{abc} objects can be joined to form an \code{abcList} object.
 }
-\section{Re-running ABC Iterations}{
+\section{Re-running ABC iterations}{
   To re-run a sequence of ABC iterations, one can use the \code{abc} method on a \code{abc} object.
   By default, the same parameters used for the original ABC run are re-used (except for \code{tol}, \code{max.fail}, and \code{verbose}, the defaults of which are shown above).
   If one does specify additional arguments, these will override the defaults.
 }
-\section{Continuing ABC Iterations}{
+\section{Continuing ABC iterations}{
   One can continue a series of ABC iterations from where one left off using the \code{continue} method.
   A call to \code{abc} to perform \code{Nabc=m} iterations followed by a call to \code{continue} to perform \code{Nabc=n} iterations will produce precisely the same effect as a single call to \code{abc} to perform \code{Nabc=m+n} iterations.
   By default, all the algorithmic parameters are the same as used in the original call to \code{abc}.
   Additional arguments will override the defaults.
 }
-\section{Details}{
-  TO APPEAR.
+\section{Methods}{
+  Methods that can be used to manipulate, display, or extract information from an \code{abc} object:
+  \describe{
+    \item{conv.rec}{
+      \code{conv.rec(object, pars)} returns the columns of the convergence-record matrix corresponding to the names in \code{pars}.
+      By default, all rows are returned.
+    }
+    \item{c}{
+      Concatenates \code{abc} objects into an \code{abcList}.
+    }
+    \item{plot}{
+      Diagnostic plots.
+    }
+  }
 }
 \references{
   T. Toni and M. P. H. Stumpf,
@@ -101,7 +136,6 @@
 }
 \author{Edward L. Ionides \email{ionides at umich dot edu}, Aaron A. King \email{kingaa at umich dot edu}}
 \seealso{
-  \link{abc-methods}, \code{\link{pomp}}, \code{\link{probe}}.
-  See the \dQuote{intro_to_pomp} vignette for an example
+  \code{\link{pomp}}, \code{\link{probe}}, and the tutorials on the \href{http://pomp.r-forge.r-project.org}{package website}.  
 }
 \keyword{ts}

Modified: pkg/pomp/man/builder.Rd
===================================================================
--- pkg/pomp/man/builder.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:40 UTC (rev 1106)
+++ pkg/pomp/man/builder.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:51 UTC (rev 1107)
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 \alias{pompBuilder}
 \title{Write, compile, and build a pomp object using native codes}
 \description{
-  \code{pompBuilder} is a facility for producing compiled \code{pomp} objects.
+  \code{pompBuilder} is a tool for producing compiled \code{pomp} objects.
+  It was an early attempt to facilitate the use of compiled codes but has been replaced by the more flexible use of \code{\link{Csnippet}}s in the regular \code{pomp} constructor function.
+  It is not being actively maintained and users are encouraged to migrate to using \code{\link{Csnippet}}s.
 }
 \usage{
 pompBuilder(data, times, t0, name, statenames, paramnames, 
@@ -79,9 +81,8 @@
   This will not typically be the case in out-of-the-box Windows installations.
 }
 \seealso{
-  \code{\link{pomp}} and the demos.
+  \code{\link{pomp}}, \code{\link{Csnippet}}
 }
 \author{Aaron A. King \email{kingaa at umich dot edu}}
-\examples{
-  ## see the demos 
-}
+\keyword{programming}
+\keyword{internal}

Added: pkg/pomp/man/design.Rd
===================================================================
--- pkg/pomp/man/design.Rd	                        (rev 0)
+++ pkg/pomp/man/design.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:51 UTC (rev 1107)
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+\name{design}
+\title{Design matrices for pomp calculations}
+\alias{profileDesign}
+\alias{sobolDesign}
+\alias{sobol}
+\alias{sliceDesign}
+\description{
+  These functions are useful for generating designs for the exploration of parameter space.
+  \code{sobolDesign} generate a Latin hypercube design using the Sobol' low-discrepancy sequence.
+  \code{profileDesign} generates a data-frame where each row can be used as the starting point for a profile likelihood calculation.
+  \code{sliceDesign} generates points along slices through a specified point.
+}
+\usage{
+sobolDesign(lower, upper, nseq)
+profileDesign(\dots, lower, upper, nprof,
+              stringsAsFactors = default.stringsAsFactors())
+sliceDesign(center, \dots)
+}
+\arguments{
+  \item{lower, upper}{
+    named numeric vectors giving the lower and upper bounds of the ranges, respectively.
+  }
+  \item{\dots}{
+    In \code{profileDesign}, additional arguments specify the parameters over which to profile and the values of these parameters.
+
+    In \code{sliceDesign}, additional numeric vector arguments specify the locations of points along the slices.
+  }
+  \item{nseq}{
+    Total number of points requested.
+  }
+  \item{nprof}{
+    The number of points per profile point.
+  }
+  \item{stringsAsFactors}{
+    should character vectors be converted to factors?
+  }
+  \item{center}{
+    \code{center} is a named numeric vector specifying the point through which the slice(s) is (are) to be taken.
+  }
+}
+\value{
+  \code{sobolDesign} 
+
+  \code{profileDesign} returns a data frame with \code{nprof} points per profile point.
+  The other parameters in \code{vars} are sampled using \code{sobol}.
+}
+\examples{
+## Sobol' low-discrepancy design
+plot(sobolDesign(lower=c(a=0,b=100),upper=c(b=200,a=1),100))
+
+## A one-parameter profile design:
+x <- profileDesign(p=1:10,lower=c(a=0,b=0),upper=c(a=1,b=5),nprof=20)
+dim(x)
+plot(x)
+
+## A two-parameter profile design:
+x <- profileDesign(p=1:10,q=3:5,lower=c(a=0,b=0),upper=c(b=5,a=1),nprof=20)
+dim(x)
+plot(x)
+
+## A single 11-point slice through the point c(A=3,B=8,C=0) along the B direction.
+x <- sliceDesign(center=c(A=3,B=8,C=0),B=seq(0,10,by=1))
+dim(x)
+plot(x)
+
+## Two slices through the same point along the A and C directions.
+x <- sliceDesign(c(A=3,B=8,C=0),A=seq(0,5,by=1),C=seq(0,5,length=11))
+dim(x)
+plot(x)
+}
+\references{
+  W. H. Press, S. A. Teukolsky, W. T. Vetterling, \& B. P. Flannery,
+  Numerical Recipes in C,
+  Cambridge University Press, 1992
+}
+\author{Aaron A. King \email{kingaa at umich dot edu}}
+\keyword{design}

Modified: pkg/pomp/man/gompertz.Rd
===================================================================
--- pkg/pomp/man/gompertz.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:40 UTC (rev 1106)
+++ pkg/pomp/man/gompertz.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:51 UTC (rev 1107)
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 coef(gompertz,transform=TRUE)
 }
 \seealso{
-  the \href{http://pomp.r-forge.r-project.org/vignettes/intro_to_pomp.pdf}{\dQuote{Introduction to \pkg{pomp}}} tutorial.
+  \code{pomp}, \code{ricker}, and the tutorials at \url{http://pomp.r-forge.r-project.org}.
 }
 \keyword{datasets}

Modified: pkg/pomp/man/lowlevel.Rd
===================================================================
--- pkg/pomp/man/lowlevel.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:40 UTC (rev 1106)
+++ pkg/pomp/man/lowlevel.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:51 UTC (rev 1107)
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 \name{Low-level-interface}
 \docType{methods}
+\title{pomp low-level interface}
 \alias{pomp low-level interface}
 \alias{rprocess}
 \alias{rprocess,pomp-method}
@@ -28,9 +29,14 @@
 \alias{trajectory}
 \alias{trajectory,pomp-method}
 \alias{trajectory-pomp}
-\title{The low-level interface to pomp objects}
+\alias{pompLoad}
+\alias{pompLoad-pomp}
+\alias{pompLoad,pomp-method}
+\alias{pompUnload}
+\alias{pompUnload-pomp}
+\alias{pompUnload,pomp-method}
 \description{
-  A \code{pomp} object implements a partially observed Markov process (POMP) model.
+  A \code{pomp} object implements a partially observed Markov process (\acronym{POMP}) model.
   Basic operations on this model (with shorthand terms) include:
   \enumerate{
     \item simulation of the state process given parameters (rprocess)
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@
     \item computation of a trajetory of the deterministic skeleton given parameters (trajectory)
   }
   \pkg{pomp} provides S4 methods that implement each of these basic operations.
-  These operations can be combined to implement computations and statistical inference methods that depend only on a model's POMP structure.
+  These operations can be combined to implement computations and statistical inference methods that depend only on a model's \acronym{POMP} structure.
   For convenience, parameter transformations may also be enclosed in a \code{pomp} object.
 
   This page documents these elements.
@@ -59,6 +65,8 @@
 \S4method{init.state}{pomp}(object, params, t0, \dots)
 \S4method{skeleton}{pomp}(object, x, t, params, \dots)
 \S4method{trajectory}{pomp}(object, params, times, t0, as.data.frame = FALSE, \dots)
+\S4method{pompLoad}{pomp}(object, \dots)
+\S4method{pompUnload}{pomp}(object, \dots)
 }
 \arguments{
   \item{object}{an object of class \code{pomp}.}
@@ -102,8 +110,8 @@
     In all other cases, additional arguments are ignored.
   }
 }
-\section{rprocess: simulating the process model}{
-  \code{rprocess} runs simulations of the the process-model portion of partially-observed Markov process.
+\section{rprocess}{
+  \code{rprocess} simulates the process-model portion of partially-observed Markov process.
 
   When \code{rprocess} is called, the first entry of \code{times} is taken to be the initial time
   (i.e., that corresponding to \code{xstart}).
@@ -111,12 +119,12 @@
 
   \code{rprocess} returns a rank-3 array with rownames.
   Suppose \code{x} is the array returned.
-  Then \code{dim(x)=c(nvars,nrep,ntimes-offset)}, where \code{nvars} is the number of state variables (=\code{nrow(xstart)}), \code{nrep} is the number of independent realizations simulated (=\code{ncol(xstart)}), and \code{ntimes} is the length of the vector \code{times}.
+  Then \preformatted{dim(x)=c(nvars,nrep,ntimes-offset),} where \code{nvars} is the number of state variables (=\code{nrow(xstart)}), \code{nrep} is the number of independent realizations simulated (=\code{ncol(xstart)}), and \code{ntimes} is the length of the vector \code{times}.
   \code{x[,j,k]} is the value of the state process in the \code{j}-th realization at time \code{times[k+offset]}.
-  The rownames of \code{x} must correspond to those of \code{xstart}. 
+  The rownames of \code{x} must correspond to those of \code{xstart}.
 }
-\section{dprocess: evaluating the probability density of a sequence of state transitions}{
-  \code{dprocess} evaluates the probability density of a set of consecutive state transitions.
+\section{dprocess}{
+  \code{dprocess} evaluates the probability density of a sequence of consecutive state transitions.
 
   \code{dprocess} returns a matrix of dimensions \code{nrep} x \code{ntimes-1}.
   If \code{d} is the returned matrix, \code{d[j,k]} is the likelihood of the transition from state \code{x[,j,k-1]} at time \code{times[k-1]} to state \code{x[,j,k]} at time \code{times[k]}.
@@ -145,7 +153,7 @@
   In the case of a continuous-time system, the skeleton is a vectorfield.
   NB: \code{skeleton} just evaluates the deterministic skeleton;
   it does not iterate or integrate.
-  
+
   \code{skeleton} returns an array of dimensions \code{nvar} x \code{nrep} x \code{ntimes}.
   If \code{f} is the returned matrix, \code{f[i,j,k]} is the i-th component of the deterministic skeleton at time \code{times[k]} given the state \code{x[,j,k]} and parameters \code{params[,j]}.
 }
@@ -165,8 +173,27 @@
 \section{Parameter transformations}{
   User-defined parameter transformations enclosed in the \code{pomp} object can be accessed via \code{\link{partrans}}.
 }
+\section{\code{pompLoad}, \code{pompUnload}}{
+  \code{pompLoad} and \code{pompUnload} cause compiled codes associated with \code{object} to be dynamically linked or unlinked, respectively.
+  When \code{Csnippet}s are used in the construction of a \code{pomp} object, the resulting shared-object library is dynamically loaded (linked) before each use, and unloaded afterward.
+  These functions are provided because in some instances, greater control may be desired.
+  These functions have no effect on shared-object libraries linked by the user.
+}
 \examples{
 pompExample(ricker)
+
+p <- parmat(c(r=42,phi=10,sigma=0.3,N.0=7,e.0=0),10)
+t <- c(1:10,20,30)
+t0 <- 0
+x0 <- init.state(ricker,params=p,t0=t0)
+x <- rprocess(ricker,xstart=x0,times=c(t0,t),params=p,offset=1)
+y <- rmeasure(ricker,params=p,x=x,times=t)
+ll <- dmeasure(ricker,y=y[,3,,drop=FALSE],x=x,times=t,params=p,log=TRUE)
+apply(ll,1,sum)
+f <- skeleton(ricker,x=x,t=t,params=p)
+z <- trajectory(ricker,params=p,times=t,t0=t0)
+
+## short arguments are recycled:
 p <- c(r=42,phi=10,sigma=0.3,N.0=7,e.0=0)
 t <- c(1:10,20,30)
 t0 <- 0

Deleted: pkg/pomp/man/mif-methods.Rd
===================================================================
--- pkg/pomp/man/mif-methods.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:40 UTC (rev 1106)
+++ pkg/pomp/man/mif-methods.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:51 UTC (rev 1107)
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-\name{mif-methods}
-\docType{methods}
-\alias{mif-methods}
-\alias{logLik,mif-method}
-\alias{logLik-mif}
-\alias{conv.rec}
-\alias{conv.rec,mif-method}
-\alias{conv.rec-mif}
-\alias{conv.rec,mifList-method}
-\alias{conv.rec-mifList}
-\alias{plot-mif}
-\alias{plot,mif-method}
-\alias{plot-mifList}
-\alias{plot,mifList-method}
-\alias{mifList-class}
-\alias{c-mif}
-\alias{c,mif-method}
-\alias{c-mifList}
-\alias{c,mifList-method}
-\alias{[-mifList}
-\alias{[,mifList-method}
-\alias{compare.mif}
-\title{Methods of the "mif" class}
-\description{Methods of the \code{mif} class.}
-\usage{
-\S4method{logLik}{mif}(object, \dots)
-\S4method{conv.rec}{mif}(object, pars, transform = FALSE, \dots)
-\S4method{conv.rec}{mifList}(object, \dots)
-\S4method{plot}{mif}(x, y, \dots)
-\S4method{plot}{mifList}(x, y, \dots)
-\S4method{c}{mif}(x, \dots, recursive = FALSE)
-\S4method{c}{mifList}(x, \dots, recursive = FALSE)
-compare.mif(z)
-}
-\arguments{
-  \item{object}{The \code{mif} object.}
-  \item{pars}{Names of parameters.}
-  \item{x}{The \code{mif} object.}
-  \item{y, recursive}{Ignored.}
-  \item{z}{A \code{mif} object or list of \code{mif} objects.}
-  \item{transform}{
-    optional logical;
-    should the parameter transformations be applied?
-    See \code{\link[=coef-pomp]{coef}} for details.
-  }
-  \item{\dots}{
-    Further arguments (either ignored or passed to underlying functions).
-  }
-}
-\section{Methods}{
-  \describe{
-    \item{conv.rec}{
-      \code{conv.rec(object, pars = NULL)} returns the columns of the convergence-record matrix corresponding to the names in \code{pars}.
-      By default, all rows are returned.
-    }
-    \item{logLik}{
-      Returns the value in the \code{loglik} slot.
-    }
-    \item{c}{
-      Concatenates \code{mif} objects into an \code{mifList}.
-    }
-    \item{plot}{
-      Plots a series of diagnostic plots.
-    }
-    \item{compare.mif}{
-      Deprecated: use \code{plot} instead.
-    }
-  }
-}
-\author{Aaron A. King \email{kingaa at umich dot edu}}
-\seealso{\code{\link{mif}}, \code{\link{pomp}}, \code{\link{pfilter}}}
-\keyword{models}
-\keyword{ts}

Modified: pkg/pomp/man/mif.Rd
===================================================================
--- pkg/pomp/man/mif.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:40 UTC (rev 1106)
+++ pkg/pomp/man/mif.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:51 UTC (rev 1107)
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-\name{mif}
+\name{Iterated filtering}
+\title{Maximum likelihood by iterated filtering}
 \docType{methods}
 \alias{mif}
 \alias{mif,mif-method}
@@ -11,12 +12,31 @@
 \alias{continue,mif-method}
 \alias{continue-mif}
 \alias{mif-class}
-\title{Iterated filtering}
+\alias{mif-methods}
+\alias{logLik,mif-method}
+\alias{logLik-mif}
+\alias{conv.rec}
+\alias{conv.rec,mif-method}
+\alias{conv.rec-mif}
+\alias{conv.rec,mifList-method}
+\alias{conv.rec-mifList}
+\alias{plot-mif}
+\alias{plot,mif-method}
+\alias{plot-mifList}
+\alias{plot,mifList-method}
+\alias{mifList-class}
+\alias{c-mif}
+\alias{c,mif-method}
+\alias{c-mifList}
+\alias{c,mifList-method}
+\alias{[-mifList}
+\alias{[,mifList-method}
+\alias{compare.mif}
 \description{
   Iterated filtering algorithms for estimating the parameters of a partially-observed Markov process.
 }
 \usage{
-\S4method{mif}{pomp}(object, Nmif = 1, start, pars, ivps = character(0),
+\S4method{mif}{pomp}(object, Nmif = 1, start, ivps = character(0),
     particles, rw.sd, Np, ic.lag, var.factor,
     cooling.type, cooling.fraction, cooling.factor,
     method = c("mif","unweighted","fp","mif2"),
@@ -28,6 +48,9 @@
     cooling.type, cooling.fraction,
     method, tol, transform, \dots)
 \S4method{continue}{mif}(object, Nmif = 1, \dots)
+\S4method{logLik}{mif}(object, \dots)
+\S4method{conv.rec}{mif}(object, pars, transform = FALSE, \dots)
+\S4method{conv.rec}{mifList}(object, \dots)
 }
 \arguments{
   \item{object}{
@@ -40,15 +63,10 @@
     named numerical vector;
     the starting guess of the parameters.
   }
-  \item{pars}{
-    optional character vector naming the ordinary parameters to be estimated.
-    Every parameter named in \code{pars} must have a positive random-walk standard deviation specified in \code{rw.sd}.
-    Leaving \code{pars} unspecified is equivalent to setting it equal to the names of all parameters with a positive value of \code{rw.sd} that are not \code{ivps}.
-  }
   \item{ivps}{
     optional character vector naming the initial-value parameters (IVPs) to be estimated.
     Every parameter named in \code{ivps} must have a positive random-walk standard deviation specified in \code{rw.sd}.
-    If \code{pars} is empty, i.e., only IVPs are to be estimated, see below \dQuote{"Using MIF to estimate initial-value parameters only"}.
+    If there are no non-IVP parameters with positive \code{rw.sd}, i.e., only IVPs are to be estimated, see below \dQuote{"Using \code{mif} to estimate initial-value parameters only"}.
   }
   \item{particles}{
     Function of prototype \code{particles(Np,center,sd,...)} which sets up the starting particle matrix by drawing a sample of size \code{Np} from the starting particle distribution centered at \code{center} and of width \code{sd}.
@@ -81,28 +99,32 @@
     The \code{mif} update for initial-value parameters consists of replacing them by their filtering mean at time \code{times[ic.lag]}, where \code{times=time(object)}.
     It makes no sense to set \code{ic.lag>length(times)};
     if it is so set, \code{ic.lag} is set to \code{length(times)} with a warning.
+
     For \code{method="mif2"}, the default is \code{ic.lag=length(times)}.
   }
   \item{var.factor}{
     a positive number;
     the scaling coefficient relating the width of the starting particle distribution to \code{rw.sd}.
-    In particular, the width of the distribution of particles at the start of the first MIF iteration will be \code{random.walk.sd*var.factor}.
+    In particular, the width of the distribution of particles at the start of the first \code{mif} iteration will be \code{random.walk.sd*var.factor}.
   }
   \item{cooling.type, cooling.fraction, cooling.factor}{
     specifications for the cooling schedule, i.e., the manner in which the intensity of the parameter perturbations is reduced with successive filtering iterations.
     \code{cooling.type} specifies the nature of the cooling schedule.
-    When \code{cooling.type="geometric"}, on the n-th MIF iteration, the relative perturbation intensity is \code{cooling.fraction^(n/50)}.
-    When \code{cooling.type="hyperbolic"}, on the n-th MIF iteration, the relative perturbation intensity is \code{(s+1)/(s+n)}, where \code{(s+1)/(s+50)=cooling.fraction}.
-    \code{cooling.fraction} is the relative magnitude of the parameter perturbations after 50 MIF iterations.
+
+    When \code{cooling.type="geometric"}, on the n-th \code{mif} iteration, the relative perturbation intensity is \code{cooling.fraction^(n/50)}.
+
+    When \code{cooling.type="hyperbolic"}, on the n-th \code{mif} iteration, the relative perturbation intensity is \code{(s+1)/(s+n)}, where \code{(s+1)/(s+50)=cooling.fraction}.
+    \code{cooling.fraction} is the relative magnitude of the parameter perturbations after 50 \code{mif} iterations.
     \code{cooling.factor} is now deprecated:
-    to achieve the old behavior, use \code{cooling.type="geometric"} and \code{cooling.fraction=(cooling.factor)^50}.
+    to achieve the old behavior, use \code{cooling.type="geometric"} and \preformatted{cooling.fraction=(cooling.factor)^50.}
   }
   \item{method}{
     \code{method} sets the update rule used in the algorithm.
     \code{method="mif"} uses the iterated filtering update rule (Ionides 2006, 2011);
     \code{method="unweighted"} updates the parameter to the unweighted average of the filtering means of the parameters at each time;
     \code{method="fp"} updates the parameter to the filtering mean at the end of the time series.
-%    \code{method="mif2"} 
+    \code{method="mif2"} implements an incomplete version of the iterated Bayes map method of Ionides (2015).
+    The latter method is, by every indication, both more efficient and more stable.
   }
   \item{tol}{
     See the description under \code{\link{pfilter}}.
@@ -120,25 +142,46 @@
   \item{\dots}{
     additional arguments that override the defaults.
   }
+  \item{pars}{names of parameters.}
+  \item{x}{a \code{mif} object.}
 }
-\section{Re-running MIF Iterations}{
-  To re-run a sequence of MIF iterations, one can use the \code{mif} method on a \code{mif} object.
-  By default, the same parameters used for the original MIF run are re-used (except for \code{weighted}, \code{tol}, \code{max.fail}, and \code{verbose}, the defaults of which are shown above).
+\section{Re-running \code{mif} Iterations}{
+  To re-run a sequence of \code{mif} iterations, one can use the \code{mif} method on a \code{mif} object.
+  By default, the same parameters used for the original \code{mif} run are re-used (except for \code{weighted}, \code{tol}, \code{max.fail}, and \code{verbose}, the defaults of which are shown above).
   If one does specify additional arguments, these will override the defaults.
 }
-\section{Continuing MIF Iterations}{
-  One can resume a series of MIF iterations from where one left off using the \code{continue} method.
+\section{Continuing \code{mif} Iterations}{
+  One can resume a series of \code{mif} iterations from where one left off using the \code{continue} method.
   A call to \code{mif} to perform \code{Nmif=m} iterations followed by a call to \code{continue} to perform \code{Nmif=n} iterations will produce precisely the same effect as a single call to \code{mif} to perform \code{Nmif=m+n} iterations.
   By default, all the algorithmic parameters are the same as used in the original call to \code{mif}.
   Additional arguments will override the defaults.
 }
-\section{Using MIF to estimate initial-value parameters only}{
-  One can use MIF's fixed-lag smoothing to estimate only initial value parameters (IVPs).
+\section{Using \code{mif} to estimate initial-value parameters only}{
+  One can use \code{mif}'s fixed-lag smoothing to estimate only initial value parameters (IVPs).
   In this case, \code{pars} is left empty and the IVPs to be estimated are named in \code{ivps}.
-  If \code{theta} is the current parameter vector, then at each MIF iteration, \code{Np} particles are drawn from a distribution centered at \code{theta} and with width proportional to \code{var.factor*rw.sd}, a particle filtering operation is performed, and \code{theta} is replaced by the filtering mean at \code{time(object)[ic.lag]}.
+  If \code{theta} is the current parameter vector, then at each \code{mif} iteration, \code{Np} particles are drawn from a distribution centered at \code{theta} and with width proportional to \code{var.factor*rw.sd}, a particle filtering operation is performed, and \code{theta} is replaced by the filtering mean at \code{time(object)[ic.lag]}.
   Note the implication that, when \code{mif} is used in this way on a time series any longer than \code{ic.lag}, unnecessary work is done.
   If the time series in \code{object} is longer than \code{ic.lag}, consider replacing \code{object} with \code{window(object,end=ic.lag)}. 
 }
+\section{Methods}{
+  Methods that can be used to manipulate, display, or extract information from a \code{mif} object:
+  \describe{
+    \item{conv.rec}{
+      \code{conv.rec(object, pars = NULL)} returns the columns of the convergence-record matrix corresponding to the names in \code{pars}.
+      By default, all rows are returned.
+    }
+    \item{logLik}{
+      Returns the value in the \code{loglik} slot.
+      NB: this is \emph{not} the same as the likelihood of the model at the MLE!
+    }
+    \item{c}{
+      Concatenates \code{mif} objects into an \code{mifList}.
+    }
+    \item{plot}{
+      Plots a series of diagnostic plots when applied to a \code{mif} or \code{mifList} object.
+    }
+  }
+}
 \section{Details}{
   If \code{particles} is not specified, the default behavior is to draw the particles from a multivariate normal distribution.
   \strong{It is the user's responsibility to ensure that, if the optional \code{particles} argument is given, that the \code{particles} function satisfies the following conditions:}
@@ -166,13 +209,16 @@
   Iterated filtering,
   Annals of Statistics, 39:1776--1802, 2011.
 
+  E. L. Ionides, D. Nguyen, Y. Atchad{\\'e}, S. Stoev, and A. A. King. 
+  Inference for dynamic and latent variable models via iterated, perturbed Bayes maps.
+  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 112:719--724, 2015.
+
   A. A. King, E. L. Ionides, M. Pascual, and M. J. Bouma,
   Inapparent infections and cholera dynamics,
   Nature, 454:877--880, 2008.
 }
 \author{Aaron A. King \email{kingaa at umich dot edu}}
 \seealso{
-  \code{\link{mif-methods}}, \code{\link{pomp}}, \code{\link{pfilter}}.
-  See the \dQuote{intro_to_pomp} vignette for examples.
+  \code{\link{pomp}}, \code{\link{pfilter}}
 }
 \keyword{ts}

Modified: pkg/pomp/man/ou2.Rd
===================================================================
--- pkg/pomp/man/ou2.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:40 UTC (rev 1106)
+++ pkg/pomp/man/ou2.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:51 UTC (rev 1107)
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   The observation process is \eqn{Y(t) = (y_1(t),y_2(t))}, where \eqn{y_i(t) \sim \mathrm{normal}(x_i(t),\tau)}.
   The functions \code{rprocess}, \code{dprocess}, \code{rmeasure}, \code{dmeasure}, and \code{skeleton} are implemented using compiled C code for computational speed:
   see the source code for details.
-  This object is demonstrated in the vignette "Advanced topics in pomp".
 }
 \examples{
 pompExample(ou2)
@@ -23,5 +22,5 @@
 pf <- pfilter(ou2,Np=1000)
 logLik(pf)
 }
-\seealso{\code{\link{pomp}} and the vignettes}
-\keyword{datasets}
+\seealso{\code{\link{pomp}}}
+\keyword{ts}

Deleted: pkg/pomp/man/pfilter-methods.Rd
===================================================================
--- pkg/pomp/man/pfilter-methods.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:40 UTC (rev 1106)
+++ pkg/pomp/man/pfilter-methods.Rd	2015-02-27 02:57:51 UTC (rev 1107)
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-\name{pfilter-methods}
-\alias{logLik,pfilterd.pomp-method}
-\alias{logLik-pfilterd.pomp}
-\alias{$,pfilterd.pomp-method}
-\alias{$-pfilterd.pomp}
-\alias{pred.mean}
-\alias{pred.mean,pfilterd.pomp-method}
-\alias{pred.mean-pfilterd.pomp}
-\alias{pred.var}
-\alias{pred.var,pfilterd.pomp-method}
-\alias{pred.var-pfilterd.pomp}
-\alias{filter.mean}
-\alias{filter.mean,pfilterd.pomp-method}
-\alias{filter.mean-pfilterd.pomp}
-\alias{eff.sample.size}
-\alias{eff.sample.size,pfilterd.pomp-method}
-\alias{eff.sample.size-pfilterd.pomp}
-\alias{cond.logLik}
-\alias{cond.logLik,pfilterd.pomp-method}
-\alias{cond.logLik-pfilterd.pomp}
-\alias{as,pfilterd.pomp-method}
-\alias{as.data.frame.pfilterd.pomp}
-\alias{coerce,pfilterd.pomp,data.frame-method}
-\title{Methods of the "pfilterd.pomp" class}
-\description{Methods of the "pfilterd.pomp" class.}
-\usage{
-\S4method{logLik}{pfilterd.pomp}(object, \dots)
-\S4method{pred.mean}{pfilterd.pomp}(object, pars, \dots)
-\S4method{pred.var}{pfilterd.pomp}(object, pars, \dots)
-\S4method{filter.mean}{pfilterd.pomp}(object, pars, \dots)
-\S4method{eff.sample.size}{pfilterd.pomp}(object, \dots)
-\S4method{cond.logLik}{pfilterd.pomp}(object, \dots)
-\S4method{as}{pfilterd.pomp}(object, class)
-\S4method{coerce}{pfilterd.pomp,data.frame}(from, to = "data.frame", strict = TRUE)
-\S3method{as.data.frame}{pfilterd.pomp}(x, row.names, optional, \dots)
-}
-\arguments{
-  \item{object, x}{
-    An object of class \code{pfilterd.pomp} or inheriting class \code{pfilterd.pomp}.
-  }
-  \item{pars}{Names of parameters.}
-  \item{class}{
-    character;
-    name of the class to which \code{object} should be coerced.
-  }
-  \item{from, to}{
-    the classes between which coercion should be performed.
-  }
-  \item{strict}{
-    ignored.
-  }
-  \item{row.names, optional}{
-    ignored.
-  }
-  \item{\dots}{
-    Additional arguments unused at present.
-  }
-}
-\author{Aaron A. King \email{kingaa at umich dot edu}}
-\seealso{\code{\link{pfilter}}, \link{pomp-class}}
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