nimbleHMC
CRANnimbleHMCMaRDI QIDQ5976137
Hamiltonian Monte Carlo and Other Gradient-Based MCMC Sampling Algorithms for 'nimble'
Daniel Turek, Perry de Valpine, Christopher Paciorek
Last update: 8 February 2024
Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 3.0, GNU General Public License, version 2.0, 3-clause BSD License, File License
Software version identifier: 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.2.0, 0.2.1
Provides gradient-based MCMC sampling algorithms for use with the MCMC engine provided by the 'nimble' package. This includes two versions of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) No-U-Turn (NUTS) sampling, and (under development) Langevin samplers. The 'NUTS_classic' sampler implements the original HMC-NUTS algorithm as described in Hoffman and Gelman (2014) <arXiv:1111.4246>. The 'NUTS' sampler is a modern version of HMC-NUTS sampling matching the HMC sampler available in version 2.32.2 of Stan (Stan Development Team, 2023). In addition, convenience functions are provided for generating and modifying MCMC configuration objects which employ HMC sampling.
