Initialize Parameters for SLAM Estimation

Initialize Parameters for SLAM Estimation

Initialize_Parameters(
  data,
  as50 = 4,
  as95 = 6,
  F_ts = 0.1,
  sigmaR = 0.4,
  sigmaF_m = 0.4,
  sigmaR0 = 0.3
)

Arguments

data

An object of class Data

as50

initial value for age at 50% selection

as95

initial value for age at 95% selection

F_ts

initial values for monthly fishing mortality. Must be length length(Data$Years)

sigmaR

standard deviation of log-normal recruitment deviations

sigmaF_m

standard deviation of random-walk penalty for monthly fishing mortality

sigmaR0

standard deviation of random-walk penalty for monthly (seasonal) recruitment

F_init_prior

mu and sd (in log-space) for prior for initial equilibrium F

Value

A list of class Parameters