[R] Error from Brugs "'r for windows gui front-end has stopped working''

[Uwe Ligges]

I will try a test on Win7 once I get access to a Win7 machine.

Uwe


On 25.01.2012 18:50, Jin Minming wrote:
> Hello Uwe,
>
> Yes. These packages are what I used for the test in Windows 7 and vista system:
>   R-2.14.1 in 32-bit
>   BRugs version 0.7-5
>   OpenBUGS version (3.2.1)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wei
>
>
> --- On Wed, 25/1/12, Uwe Ligges<ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>  wrote:
>
>> From: Uwe Ligges<ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>> Subject: Re: [R] Error from Brugs "'r for windows gui front-end has stopped working''
>> To: "Jin Minming"<jminming at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
>> Date: Wednesday, 25 January, 2012, 11:09
>> I just tried all 100 iterations both
>> under WinXP and Windows Server 2008
>> of your script under 32-bit R (which I assume you are using
>> when talking
>> about the old BRugs below).
>>
>> Please confirm:
>> R-2.14.1 in 32-bit
>> BRugs version 0.7-5
>> OpenBUGS version (3.2.1)
>>
>> I do not have any Win7 machine available before Friday.
>>
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>> On 25.01.2012 09:55, Jin Minming wrote:
>>> I forgot to add the R codes. The following are the
>> codes I used for this problem:
>>>
>>>
>>> ###    Step by step example:
>> ###
>>> library(BRugs) # loading BRugs
>>>
>>> ## Now setting the working directory to the examples'
>> one:
>>> setwd(options()$OpenBUGSExamples)
>>>
>>> ## add a simple loop
>>> for (mn in 1:100){
>>>
>>> ## some usual steps (like clicking in WinBUGS):
>>> modelCheck("Ratsmodel.txt")
>>    # check model file
>>> modelData("Ratsdata.txt")
>>      # read data file
>>> modelCompile(numChains=2)
>>      # compile model with 2 chains
>>> modelInits(rep("Ratsinits.txt", 2))  # read init
>> data file
>>> modelUpdate(1000)
>>            # burn in
>>> samplesSet(c("alpha0", "alpha"))
>>     # alpha0 and alpha should be monitored
>>> modelUpdate(1000)
>>            # 1000 more iterations
>> ....
>>>
>>> samplesStats("*")
>>            # the summarized results
>>>
>>> ## some plots
>>> #samplesHistory("*", mfrow = c(4, 2)) # plot the
>> chain,
>>> #samplesDensity("alpha")
>>        # plot the densities,
>>> #samplesBgr("alpha[1:6]")
>>       # plot the bgr statistics, and
>>> #samplesAutoC("alpha[1:6]", 1)
>>    # plot autocorrelations of 1st chain
>>>
>>> # force to print the current loop number
>>> flush.console()
>>> print(mn)
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 24/1/12, Jin Minming<jminming at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Jin Minming<jminming at yahoo.com>
>>>> Subject: [R] Error from Brugs "'r for windows gui
>> front-end has stopped working''
>>>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>>>> Date: Tuesday, 24 January, 2012, 20:08
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I just try to run the example in R brugs packages,
>> but not
>>>> only once. Loop is added in this example. After
>> several
>>>> times (7, 11, or other random number), there is an
>> error
>>>> message "r for windows gui front-end has stopped
>> working".
>>>> This happened in two laptops with windows 7 and
>> vista. I
>>>> have tried different versions of R (2.14.1 and
>> 2.13) and
>>>> Brugs packages (0.7.1 and 0.7-5). But it works well
>> in a
>>>> computer installed with Windows XP system.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone has some idea how to avoid this crash in
>> Windows
>>>> Vista or 7 system?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
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