model { for (i in 1:N) { TTA[i] ~ dgamma(shape, rate) } ttastar ~ dgamma(shape, rate) ht <- step(120-ttastar) shape ~ dgamma(0.1, 0.1) rate ~ dgamma(0.1, 0.1) } list(N=19, TTA=c(224, 188, 133, 98, 113, 91, 97, 159, 124, 128, 267, 316, 279, 210, 422, 102, 75, 413, 177)) list(shape=.5, rate=.5, ttastar=100)