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Parameter for the DILI MCMC algorithm in MUQ



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**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* INTEGER

- *Default:* 100


**Description**


"Weight" or number of samples given to the to initial Hessian. The weight on the previous average Hessian estimate is given by :math:`(N+W)/(N+W+1)`,
where N is the number of MCMC steps taken and W is this parameter. The default value is '100'.