Harmonic: Learnt harmonic mean estimator
Abstract
harmonic learns an approximate harmonic mean estimator (referred to as a "learnt harmonic mean estimator") from posterior distribution samples to compute the marginal likelihood required for Bayesian model selection. Using a large number of independent Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) chains from another package such as emcee (ascl:1303.002), harmonic uses importance sampling to learn a new target distribution in order to optimize an approximate harmonic estimator while minimizing its variance.
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Astrophysics Source Code Library
- Pub Date:
- January 2024
- Bibcode:
- 2024ascl.soft01009M
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- Software