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Do you *really* know how BUGS work?

Whenever I keep playing with some piece of software that claims to do something with my data, the first question that I ask myself is “how is that happening?”. Today I still want to talk about BUGS, a software that … Continue reading

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Do you know how BUGS work?

I’ve been using BUGS (Bayesian inference Using Gibbs Sampling) several times so far. Despite the numerous drawbacks and the bloody slowness that makes it suitable for relatively small data sets, I found that BUGSĀ is commonly used by researchers who want … Continue reading

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