Initial-class {demest} | R Documentation

## An S4 class to specify a normal prior for a scalar parameter.

### Description

An object of class `Initial` is used to specify the prior for the initial trend term, typically as part of a call to function `DLM`.

### Slots

`A`

  Scale.

`mean`

  The mean of the normal distribution. Defaults to 0.

`mult`

  Multiplier applied to default value for `A`.

### Warning

In normal usage, it should not be necessary to access, or even know about, the slots of an `Initial` object. The slots are not part of the API of the package, and may change in future.

### See Also

Objects of class `Initial` are created by calls to function `Initial`.

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