Table 1 Prior distributions used for the parameters of the Bayesian logistic common-components geostatistical model.

From: Tuberculosis in badgers where the bovine tuberculosis epidemic is expanding in cattle in England

Parameter

Prior distribution

\(\alpha\)

Normal(0, 100)

\(\beta\)

Normal(0, 100)

\({\sigma }_{c}\), \({\sigma }_{b}\),\({\sigma }_{f}\)

Gamma(2, 2)

\({\phi }_{c}\)

Gamma(45, 2.5)

\({\phi }_{b}\), \({\phi }_{f}\)

Gamma(10, 2)