Dear list members,
This is not a very specific question on R for ecological analysis, but is
related.
I have been in courses where R and WinBugs are used together for data
analysis, however, I still don´t understand why R need to use WinBUGS to
perform some bayesian analysis.
I teach statistics
Algorithms for bayesian inference (MCMC) cannot run fast enough inside a
scripting language like R.
Most authors create plugins to call their fast binary (C/C++)
implementations inside of R. Just use them.
I recommend JAGS and rjags. Better errors messages and good support from
Plummer.
Cya
