Builds a start_vals list for ame or lame
from an ALS point estimate. This is useful when the ALS fit has already found
a good latent-space solution and the MCMC chain should start near that
solution rather than from diffuse random values.
Arguments
- fit
a fitted
ame_als,lame_als, or dynamic ALS object returned bylamewithmethod = "als".- jitter
non-negative standard deviation for independent Gaussian perturbations added to numeric starting values. Use a small positive value for multiple MCMC chains.
- seed
optional integer seed used for the jitter.