model { Tau.noninformative <- 1.0E-4 P.gamma <- 1.0E-2 for (i in 1:N.sector) { # observation Disturbance[i] ~ dbin(p[i], N.dist) logit(p[i]) <- ( a[Tr[i]] + x[i] + b * Distance[i] ) # latent variable x[i] ~ dnorm(q[i], tau) q[i] <- (x[LeftRight[i, 1]] + x[LeftRight[i, 2]]) * 0.45 } # parameters for (k in 1:N.transect) { a[k] ~ dnorm(0, Tau.noninformative) } b ~ dnorm(0, Tau.noninformative) tau ~ dgamma(P.gamma, P.gamma) }