bayespy 0.4.1

Variational Bayesian inference tools for Python

BayesPy provides tools for Bayesian inference with Python. The user constructs a model as a Bayesian network, observes data and runs posterior inference. The goal is to provide a tool which is efficient, flexible and extendable enough for expert use but also accessible for more casual users.

Currently, only variational Bayesian inference for conjugate-exponential family (variational message passing) has been implemented. Future work includes variational approximations for other types of distributions and possibly other approximate inference methods such as expectation propagation, Laplace approximations, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and other methods. Contributions are welcome.

Project information

Copyright (C) 2011-2015 Jaakko Luttinen and other contributors (see below)

BayesPy including the documentation is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file for a text of the license or visit http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.

• Documentation:

  • http://bayespy.org

  • PDF file

  • RST format in doc directory

• Repository: https://github.com/bayespy/bayespy.git

• Bug reports: https://github.com/bayespy/bayespy/issues

• Mailing list: [e-mail]

• IRC: #bayespy @ freenode

• Author: Jaakko Luttinen [e-mail]

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Contributors

The list of contributors:

• Jaakko Luttinen

• Hannu Hartikainen

Each file or the git log can be used for more detailed information.