PosteriorBootstrap
Non-Parametric Sampling with Parallel Monte Carlo
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An implementation of a non-parametric statistical model using a parallelised Monte Carlo sampling scheme. The method implemented in this package allows non-parametric inference to be regularized for small sample sizes, while also being more accurate than approximations such as variational Bayes. The concentration parameter is an effective sample size parameter, determining the faith we have in the model versus the data. When the concentration is low, the samples are close to the exact Bayesian logistic regression method; when the concentration is high, the samples are close to the simplified variational Bayes logistic regression. The method is described in full in the paper Lyddon, Walker, and Holmes (2018), "Nonparametric learning from Bayesian models with randomized objective functions" <arXiv:1806.11544>.
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Maintainer: ‘James Robinson <james.em.robinson@gmail.com>’ The Description field contains <arXiv:1806.11544>. Please refer to arXiv e-prints via their arXiv DOI <doi:10.48550/arXiv.YYMM.NNNNN>.
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Maintainer: ‘James Robinson <james.em.robinson@gmail.com>’ The Description field contains <arXiv:1806.11544>. Please refer to arXiv e-prints via their arXiv DOI <doi:10.48550/arXiv.YYMM.NNNNN>.
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CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘James Robinson <james.em.robinson@gmail.com>’ The Description field contains <arXiv:1806.11544>. Please refer to arXiv e-prints via their arXiv DOI <doi:10.48550/arXiv.YYMM.NNNNN>.
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘James Robinson <james.em.robinson@gmail.com>’ The Description field contains <arXiv:1806.11544>. Please refer to arXiv e-prints via their arXiv DOI <doi:10.48550/arXiv.YYMM.NNNNN>.
re-building of vignette outputs
Error(s) in re-building vignettes: --- re-building ‘PosteriorBootstrap.Rmd’ using rmarkdown_notangle *** caught segfault *** address 0x110, cause 'invalid permissions' *** caught segfault *** address 0x110, cause 'invalid permissions' Traceback: ...[truncated]...