combine_models.Rmd

---
title: "``brms::combine_models``"
output: html_document
---

```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
library(brms)
```

Combine Models fitted with brms

#### Description 

Combine multiple brmsfit objects, which fitted the same model. This is usefuly for instance when
having manually run models in parallel.

#### Usage

<pre><code>
combine_models(..., mlist = NULL, check_data = TRUE)
</code></pre>

#### Arguments

* ``...``: One or more brmsfit objects.
* ``mlist``: Optional list of one or more brmsfit objects.
* ``check_data``: Logical; indicates if the data should be checked for being the same across models (defaults to TRUE). Setting it to FALSE may be useful for instance when combining models fitted on multiple imputed data sets.

#### Details
This function just takes the first model and replaces its stanfit object (slot fit) by the combined
stanfit objects of all models.

#### Value

A brmsfit object.