Error when computing the ELIR of normal mixture priors with zero weight on one component

[TristanFauvel]

Hello,

Thanks for the great package. I noticed that computing the ESS of a mixture prior using the ELIR method leads to the following error when the weight of one component is set to 0:

Error in if (all(dmix(mix_comp_identity, support(mix_comp_identity)) ==  : 
  missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed

Minimal example to reproduce the issue :

w <- 1

component_1 = c(
  w,
  0.2,
  0.1
)

component_2 = c(
  1 - w,
  0,
  1.5
)

prior <- RBesT::mixnorm(
  component_1 =  component_1,
  component_2 = component_2
)

ess(prior, method = "elir", sigma = 0.1)

The error does not occur when using the moments method.
Moreover, the following works:

w <- 1

component_1 = c(
  w,
  0.2,
  0.1
)
 
prior <- RBesT::mixnorm(
  component_1 =  component_1
)

ess(prior, method = "elir", sigma = 0.1)

Version :
RBesT_1.7-3

R version 4.4.1 (2024-06-14 ucrt)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 19045)

Thanks.

[weberse2]

Many thanks for reporting. This error should not occur, obviously. Much appreciated that a minimal example is provided.

[weberse2]

Sorry for the long delay on this. The issue is now resolved with the just released 1.7-4 version on CRAN.