<s>
Just	B-Application
another	I-Application
Gibbs	I-Application
sampler	I-Application
(	O
JAGS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
program	O
for	O
simulation	O
from	O
Bayesian	O
hierarchical	O
models	O
using	O
Markov	B-General_Concept
chain	I-General_Concept
Monte	I-General_Concept
Carlo	I-General_Concept
(	O
MCMC	O
)	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Martyn	O
Plummer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAGS	O
aims	O
for	O
compatibility	O
with	O
WinBUGS/OpenBUGS	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
modeling	O
language	O
(	O
informally	O
,	O
BUGS	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
provides	O
no	O
GUI	O
for	O
model	O
building	O
and	O
MCMC	O
sample	O
postprocessing	O
,	O
which	O
must	O
therefore	O
be	O
treated	O
in	O
a	O
separate	O
program	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
calling	O
JAGS	O
from	O
R	B-Language
through	O
a	O
library	O
such	O
as	O
rjags	O
and	O
post-processing	O
MCMC	O
output	O
in	O
R	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
advantage	O
of	O
JAGS	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
BUGS	O
family	O
(	O
WinBUGS	B-Algorithm
and	O
OpenBUGS	B-Application
)	O
is	O
its	O
platform	O
independence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
while	O
the	O
BUGS	O
family	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Component	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
,	O
a	O
less	O
widely	O
known	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
from	O
R	B-Language
via	O
rjags	O
as	O
outlined	O
above	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAGS	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
