AlphaEdgeInternal function

AlphaEdgeInternal

AlphaEdgeInternal yields a possible objective prior distribution for each situation associated with a particular variable in the event tree.

AlphaEdgeInternal(level, stratified.event.tree, alpha)

Arguments

• level: numeric - It indicates the level in the event tree.
• stratified.event.tree: Stratified.event.tree - S4 object that represents an event tree.
• alpha: numeric - It plays a role of a phantom sample to construct the prior probability distribution of a situation associated with a particular variable in the event tree.

Returns

"vector" - Dirichlet hyperparameter vector of a situation associated with a particular variable.