\HeaderA{seed}{Seed for the MCMC}{seed}
\aliasA{seed<\Rdash}{seed}{seed<.Rdash.}
\keyword{methods}{seed}
\begin{Description}\relax
Setting a seed is useful for reproducing MCMC chains
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
seed(object)
seed(object) <- value
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{object}] An object of \code{XdeParameter} or \code{XdeMcmc} 
\item[\code{value}] Numeric or integer
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
The seed stored in the slot of an object of class \code{XdeParameter}
and an object of class \code{XdeMcmc} are useful in different ways.
For the \code{XdeParameter} class, the seed indicates what seed was
used to initialize an MCMC chain.  By contrast, an object of class
\code{XdeMcmc} contains a seed that would be useful for running
additional iterations -- the seed here is guaranteed to be different
from the seed that was used to initiate the MCMC.
\end{Details}
\begin{Value}
An integer
\end{Value}
\begin{Author}\relax
R. Scharpf
\end{Author}

