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Used inside fn's named-shortcut arguments to say "estimate this parameter" rather than fixing it to a number: fn("threshold", c = est(), kappa = 10). In the formula DSL a free symbol alone declares a parameter, so est() is only needed where a value slot must distinguish estimate-vs-fix.

Usage

est(lower = NULL, upper = NULL)

Arguments

lower, upper

Optional bounds; if both given, the default prior is dunif(lower, upper). Otherwise the parameter gets a parameter-specific default (e.g. the observed range of x for a threshold cutpoint). Override via prior(..., class = "fn").

Value

A bml_est marker object.

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