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I'm aware of Stan - does it cover what probabilistic programming is about or is there more to it?
by RivieraKid 10y ago
I'm aware of Stan - does it cover what probabilistic programming is about or is there more to it?
- wjnc 10y agoThere's more to it. Stan does models, as akin to statistical models. Workflow: specify model - run - evaluate results. Within that sphere they f.e. don't support all types of variables, but are fast, well-documented and under active development. Outside of that sphere there is even more: you can make any program probabilistic / learning with something like PyMC that embed PP in a regular environment. Think bots, agents, UIs ...
- darkxanthos 10y agoPyMC is roughly equivalent to Stan. I think what you're getting at is more the applications of these statistical models. Stan can be integrated into Python via PyStan.