model{ x1 ~ dpois(5); # x1 is Poisson with lambda=5 x2 ~ dnorm(3, 1/2^2); # x2 is Normal with mu=3 and sigma=2 # note how JAGS ises tau=1/sigma^2 ! x3 ~ dbin(0.5, 10); # x3 is Binomial with p=0.5 and n=10 # Watch the order! x4 ~ dexp(1/7.); # x4 is exponential with tau=7 (r=1/tau=1/7) }