def _initialize_likelihood_prior(self, positions, log_likelihoods, log_priors):
        """Initialize the likelihood and the prior using the given positions.

        This is a general method for computing the log likelihoods and log priors for given positions.

        Subclasses can use this to instantiate secondary chains as well.
        """
        func = SimpleCLFunction.from_string('''
            void compute(global mot_float_type* chain_position,
                         global mot_float_type* log_likelihood,
                         global mot_float_type* log_prior,
                         local mot_float_type* x_tmp,
                         void* data){
                
                bool is_first_work_item = get_local_id(0) == 0;
    
                if(is_first_work_item){
                    for(uint i = 0; i < ''' + str(self._nmr_params) + '''; i++){
                        x_tmp[i] = chain_position[i];
                    }
                    *log_prior = _computeLogPrior(x_tmp, data);
                }
                barrier(CLK_LOCAL_MEM_FENCE);
                    
                *log_likelihood = _computeLogLikelihood(x_tmp, data);
            }
        ''', dependencies=[self._get_log_prior_cl_func(), self._get_log_likelihood_cl_func()])

        kernel_data = {
            'chain_position': Array(positions, 'mot_float_type', mode='rw', ensure_zero_copy=True),
            'log_likelihood': Array(log_likelihoods, 'mot_float_type', mode='rw', ensure_zero_copy=True),
            'log_prior': Array(log_priors, 'mot_float_type', mode='rw', ensure_zero_copy=True),
            'x_tmp': LocalMemory('mot_float_type', self._nmr_params),
            'data': self._data
        }

        func.evaluate(kernel_data, self._nmr_problems,
                      use_local_reduction=all(env.is_gpu for env in self._cl_runtime_info.cl_environments),
                      cl_runtime_info=self._cl_runtime_info)
Initialize the likelihood and the prior using the given positions.

        This is a general method for computing the log likelihoods and log priors for given positions.

        Subclasses can use this to instantiate secondary chains as well.