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Table 1 Convergence diagnostics for a representative muscle (brachialis): the potential scale reduction statistic (\(\widehat{R}\)) where values < 1.10 are considered to indicate that the chains are in equilibrium, and the effective sample size indicating the number of independent samples in the chain

From: Using Bayesian inference to estimate plausible muscle forces in musculoskeletal models

Parameter

R-hat

Effective sample size

Brachialis Node 1

1.69

36

Brachialis Node 2

1.44

37

Brachialis Node 3

1.40

52

Brachialis Node 4

1.05

35

Brachialis Node 5

1.12

60

Brachialis Node 6

1.17

69

Brachialis Node 7

1.25

55

Brachialis Node 8

1.86

79

Brachialis Node 9

1.66

73

Brachialis Node 10

1.60

50