Originally published here: https://bayesianops.medium.com/stan-algorithms-where-to-start-e6103c778d12 We’re starting the work that’s involved with Reimplementing the Inference Algorithms in Stan. Before we can get to any reimplementation, we need to understand what’s going on. The first steps are to identify the entry point into the code, instantiate the existing tests, and take inventory of what’s there. I have Michael … Continue reading Stan Algorithms: Where to Start?
Reimplementing the Inference Algorithms in Stan
I’ve wanted to rewrite the inference algorithms in Stan for many years. It’s one of those things that was never urgent enough to warrant the effort, but entering 2022, I have some spare time that I will dedicate to this project. (Also, publicly writing this down will force me to work on it.) Photo by … Continue reading Reimplementing the Inference Algorithms in Stan
Release of CmdStanPy 1.0
After almost 2 years in the beta barrel, we're proud to release CmdStanPy 1.0. Many thanks to all of our contributors, as well as to all users who’ve submitted feature requests and bug reports! CmdStanPy provides access to the Stan compiler, inference algorithms, and diagnostics. It supports both development and production workflows and is well-suited … Continue reading Release of CmdStanPy 1.0
Release of CmdStan and Stan 2.28.2
With the help of our users, we have identified and fixed two issues with the latest release which is why we just released Stan and CmdStan 2.28.2. The issues that were identified and fixed for this patch release are given below. We would like to thank Stan forums users zcai, rfc and abeeisnotabug for reporting … Continue reading Release of CmdStan and Stan 2.28.2
Release of CmdStan 2.28.1
We are very happy to announce that the 2.28.1 release of CmdStan is now available on Github! As usual, the release of CmdStan 2.28.1 is accompanied with the new releases of Stan Math, core Stan and Stanc3. There was a release of 2.28.0 a few days ago, but we quickly identified a few bugs that were since squashed and … Continue reading Release of CmdStan 2.28.1
Release of CmdStan 2.27.0
We are very happy to announce that the 2.27.0 release of CmdStan is now available on Github! As usual, the release of CmdStan 2.27.0 is accompanied with the new releases of Stan Math, core Stan and Stanc3. The release of Stan 2.27 is also accompanied by the release of pystan 3.1! This new release brings … Continue reading Release of CmdStan 2.27.0
Release of CmdStan 2.26.1
With the help of our users we have identified a few issues with the latest release which is why we have just released CmdStan 2.26.1. The issues that were identified and fixed for this patch release are given below. We would like to thank Github users cdriveraus, grburgess, rmcminds and spinkney for reporting the issues … Continue reading Release of CmdStan 2.26.1
Setting Up Rstudio and Cmdstanr on AWS EC2
I recently had the joy of setting up my environment on AWS EC2 and I wanted to put this out there for anyone who just wants to get started as fast as possible. I'll assume that you set your EC2 instance up already. Let me note that you should add some type of persistent storage … Continue reading Setting Up Rstudio and Cmdstanr on AWS EC2
Release of CmdStan 2.26.0
We are very happy to announce that the 2.26.0 release of CmdStan is now available on Github! As usual, the release of CmdStan 2.26.0 is accompanied with the new releases of Stan Math, core Stan and Stanc3. This new release brings bug fixes, improvements for robustness, a few new functions, performance improvements and profiling. Contributors … Continue reading Release of CmdStan 2.26.0
Stan needs your help: Writing and fixing documentation
Are you using Stan for your everyday work, study or fun? Have you wondered how you could help or give back to the open source project? Here is one opportunity if you can spare an hour or two. You are most likely aware of the Stan's User Guide, Reference Manual and Functions Reference and how … Continue reading Stan needs your help: Writing and fixing documentation
