tracts.demography.parameter.Parameter

class Parameter(name, param_type, bounds, index=None)

Bases: object

A class representing a parameter in a demographic model.

name

The name of the parameter.

Type:

str

type

The type of the parameter, which determines its bounds.

Type:

ParamType

bounds

The lower and upper bounds of the parameter, determined by its type.

Type:

tuple[float, float]

index

The index of the parameter in the list of parameters to optimize, or None if the parameter is fixed by value or ancestry proportion.

Type:

int | None

__init__(name, param_type, bounds, index=None)

Initializes a Parameter object.

Parameters:

• name (str) – The name of the parameter.

• param_type (ParamType) – The type of the parameter.

• bounds (tuple[float, float]) – The lower and upper bounds of the parameter.

• index (int | None) – The index of the parameter in the list of parameters to optimize, or None if the parameter is fixed by value or ancestry proportion. Default is None.