The run control file contains all of the run characteristics and tree and parameter initialization information. Here is the default run control file. In addition to this example, the distribution contains several other sample run control files. All options may be entered into the run control file in any order. White space may separate the run parameter name, the equal sign, and the value.
All options have default values, which are boldface in the following table.
Run control file options. 1 Default is 194024933 Seed for random number generator. Default is 1000 Number of cycles to run the burn algorithm. Parameter values are not updated during burn. User should discard these cycles and the initial cycles of the main algorithm before summarizing the remaining results.