arlo base class. Implemented the basic and most general MCMC algorithms.">MCMC</a> </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">chstart</td><td>: initial chain state </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">chsig</td><td>: initial non-adaptive, dimensionwise proposal jump size </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramdir">[in]</td><td class="paramname">likParam,likParam_int</td><td>: likelihood parameters (currently, only needed for KDE-based likelihoods, 'f