From 18350f680ef8ad74bf12c1c2ee91055039a2bc61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Pfeifer <jpfeifer@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 09:40:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] manual: clarify that mh_replic is per chain, not the total
number of replications
[skip CI]
---
doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
index ab4cc05749..d5f6e6e01d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
@@ -5093,9 +5093,9 @@ block decomposition of the model (see :opt:`block`).
.. option:: mh_replic = INTEGER
- Number of replications for Metropolis-Hastings algorithm. For
- the time being, ``mh_replic`` should be larger
- than 1200. Default: ``20000``.
+ Number of replications for each chain of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm.
+ The number of draws should be sufficient to achieve convergence of the MCMC and
+ to meaningfully compute posterior objects. Default: ``20000``.
.. option:: sub_draws = INTEGER
--
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