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+# Copyright 2013-2021 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class RRunjags(RPackage):
+    """Interface Utilities, Model Templates, Parallel Computing Methods and
+    Additional Distributions for MCMC Models in JAGS:
+
+    User-friendly interface utilities for MCMC models via Just Another Gibbs
+    Sampler (JAGS), facilitating the use of parallel (or distributed)
+    processors for multiple chains, automated control of convergence and sample
+    length diagnostics, and evaluation of the performance of a model using
+    drop-k validation or against simulated data. Template model specifications
+    can be generated using a standard lme4-style formula interface to assist
+    users less familiar with the BUGS syntax. A JAGS extension module provides
+    additional distributions including the Pareto family of distributions, the
+    DuMouchel prior and the half-Cauchy prior."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ku-awdc/runjags"
+    cran     = "runjags"
+
+    version('2.2.0-2', sha256='e5dfeb83d36faf19ebe64429f6db64aedecf3c9a040fd5bf9c0200914bf5039a')
+
+    depends_on('r@2.14.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r-lattice@0.20-10:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r-coda@0.17-1:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('jags@4.3.0:')