\HeaderA{empiricalStart}{Empirical starting values for the MCMC}{empiricalStart}
\keyword{methods}{empiricalStart}
\begin{Description}\relax
Empirical starting values for the MCMC are based on data in objects of
class \code{ExpressionSetList}
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
empiricalStart(object, zeroNu = FALSE)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{object}] An object of class \code{ExpressionSetList}
\item[\code{zeroNu}] Logical: if TRUE, the nu in the Bayesian model are not
modeled -- set to zero and not updated in the MCMC.  Setting zeroNu
to TRUE should be regarded as experimental
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Value}
An object of class \code{XdeParameter}
\end{Value}
\begin{Author}\relax
R. Scharpf
\end{Author}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\LinkA{zeroNu}{zeroNu}}, \code{\LinkA{XdeParameter-class}{XdeParameter.Rdash.class}}, \code{\LinkA{ExpressionSetList-class}{ExpressionSetList.Rdash.class}}
\end{SeeAlso}

