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Anna Pan, null-a5

2/23/24

Sorry for the late reply. Problem is resolved. Thank you so much for help. Kind regards, Jingwen On

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Sorry for the late reply. Problem is resolved. Thank you so much for help. Kind regards, Jingwen On

2/23/24

Anna Pan, … null-a4

2/16/24

Joint probability of Bayesian Network

Thank you for all the replies. I have now resolved this issue now. On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at

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Joint probability of Bayesian Network

Thank you for all the replies. I have now resolved this issue now. On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at

2/16/24

Michele, null-a2

2/5/24

Expected Sample Size

I don't recall a built-in way of getting at this, but I could be wrong. SMC does resampling,

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Expected Sample Size

I don't recall a built-in way of getting at this, but I could be wrong. SMC does resampling,

2/5/24

Tom Lieber, … Hakan Kjellerstrand4

1/30/24

Run longer to get better answers?

Thanks, all. On Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 8:12:33 AM UTC-8 hak...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan

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Run longer to get better answers?

Thanks, all. On Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 8:12:33 AM UTC-8 hak...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan

1/30/24

1/2/24

Improve expectation() operator by using Expectation Programming?

Having read the paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.04953, I wonder if it would be difficult to

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Improve expectation() operator by using Expectation Programming?

Having read the paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.04953, I wonder if it would be difficult to

1/2/24

J Heitzig, null-a4

11/9/23

Numerical solver for systems of nonlinear equations?

Great! > I don't understand the `resumeTrampoline` thing... To be expected! It's an

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Numerical solver for systems of nonlinear equations?

Great! > I don't understand the `resumeTrampoline` thing... To be expected! It's an

11/9/23

11/9/23

Short exchange on WebPPL for modeling agents?

Dear WebPPL community, I've started using WebPPL to implement some sequential decision solutions

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Short exchange on WebPPL for modeling agents?

Dear WebPPL community, I've started using WebPPL to implement some sequential decision solutions

11/9/23

11/7/22

New publication with WebPPL

Dear all, I want to communicate that my first publication with WebPPL is out: https://link.springer.

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New publication with WebPPL

Dear all, I want to communicate that my first publication with WebPPL is out: https://link.springer.

11/7/22

Johannes Borgström

6/13/22

Nature Bio Comms Paper using WebPPL

We used WebPPL to describe various birth-death models in statistical phylogenetics in a 2021 Nature

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Nature Bio Comms Paper using WebPPL

We used WebPPL to describe various birth-death models in statistical phylogenetics in a 2021 Nature

6/13/22

Brian Lonsdorf, Noah Goodman3

5/25/22

Stuck on addConstraint vs factor

Thank you! That did the trick :) I am using it at Salesforce UX R&D for a number of things: -

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Stuck on addConstraint vs factor

Thank you! That did the trick :) I am using it at Salesforce UX R&D for a number of things: -

5/25/22

Jianlin Li, null-a3

7/5/21

[Beginner Question] [dippl] Error in the PCFG example

Hi Pual, Thanks, it works. Then I looked up [it's implementation](https://github.com/probmods/

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[Beginner Question] [dippl] Error in the PCFG example

Hi Pual, Thanks, it works. Then I looked up [it's implementation](https://github.com/probmods/

7/5/21

Claus Möbus, null-a2

1/16/21

Hi. It looks like MAP was undocumented because it's not clear what its semantics are, and it

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Hi. It looks like MAP was undocumented because it's not clear what its semantics are, and it

1/16/21

12/19/20

MC-estimation of HPD intervals

Dear all, I'm missing good quantitative descriptions (MAP-estimators, HPDs) of the posteriors

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MC-estimation of HPD intervals

Dear all, I'm missing good quantitative descriptions (MAP-estimators, HPDs) of the posteriors

12/19/20

Olcan Sercinoglu

12/1/20

HMM optimization mentioned in the documentation

Hi all, I've been trying to understand the "one more optimization" mentioned at http://

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HMM optimization mentioned in the documentation

Hi all, I've been trying to understand the "one more optimization" mentioned at http://

12/1/20

Hakan Kjellerstrand, anton.ze...@gmail.com2

10/4/20

Great work, Hakan! Thanks for sharing On Friday, October 2, 2020 at 10:02:41 AM UTC+3 hak...@gmail.

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Great work, Hakan! Thanks for sharing On Friday, October 2, 2020 at 10:02:41 AM UTC+3 hak...@gmail.

10/4/20

Claus Möbus, null-a3

9/6/20

Triangular distribution

Thank you for your hints. the code for sampling from 'triangle' is rather simple when

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Triangular distribution

Thank you for your hints. the code for sampling from 'triangle' is rather simple when

9/6/20

Hakan Kjellerstrand, null-a4

8/28/20

Confused about modeling the gender height problem

Well, I'm less confused now. :-) The problem with the huge different probabilities between the

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Confused about modeling the gender height problem

Well, I'm less confused now. :-) The problem with the huge different probabilities between the

8/28/20

Hakan Kjellerstrand, null-a6

8/21/20

Infer returns dist object, not the distribution

No problem! Thanks for letting us know which versions worked. On Friday, August 21, 2020 at 7:47:42

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Infer returns dist object, not the distribution

No problem! Thanks for letting us know which versions worked. On Friday, August 21, 2020 at 7:47:42

8/21/20

Claus Möbus, null-a2

8/20/20

Inverse Gamma Distribution

Hi. There's no primitive, but perhaps you can do: var inv_gamma = function (shape, scale) {

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Inverse Gamma Distribution

Hi. There's no primitive, but perhaps you can do: var inv_gamma = function (shape, scale) {

8/20/20

Thalia Vrantsidis, null-a3

6/23/20

observe with multivariate gaussian

Yes, passing it as a vector worked! Thanks!! On Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 3:51:54 AM UTC-4 null-a

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observe with multivariate gaussian

Yes, passing it as a vector worked! Thanks!! On Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 3:51:54 AM UTC-4 null-a

6/23/20

hawk...@gmail.com, … Robert Hawkins4

5/17/20

systematic biases from DiagCovGaussian prior?

just as an update if anyone is curious, this was a very surprising property of the program (to me),

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systematic biases from DiagCovGaussian prior?

just as an update if anyone is curious, this was a very surprising property of the program (to me),

5/17/20

Isaac Davis, null-a11

5/16/20

Enumerate vs. MCMC in Infer

That's what I suspected, thanks for clarifying! On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 11:53:38 AM UTC-4,

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Enumerate vs. MCMC in Infer

That's what I suspected, thanks for clarifying! On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 11:53:38 AM UTC-4,

5/16/20

Isaac Davis, null-a3

5/4/20

Observe vs. factor inside recursion

That is good to know about Observe. I will continue tinkering and see if I can fix the problem. If

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Observe vs. factor inside recursion

That is good to know about Observe. I will continue tinkering and see if I can fix the problem. If

5/4/20

Isaac Davis, null-a7

4/21/20

Understanding the Infer operator

That is good to know, and may explain some other weird results I'd been getting. Thanks again! -

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Understanding the Infer operator

That is good to know, and may explain some other weird results I'd been getting. Thanks again! -

4/21/20

Isaac Davis, null-a3

4/19/20

Discrepancy in performance of "Infer" operator

Thanks for the suggestions. After some tinkering I discovered that there was in fact a discrepancy in

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Discrepancy in performance of "Infer" operator

Thanks for the suggestions. After some tinkering I discovered that there was in fact a discrepancy in

4/19/20

Isaac Davis, null-a5

3/23/20

Trouble with webppl-csv

Yes that seemed to work! I think I need to play around with the array formatting. Thanks so much! -

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Trouble with webppl-csv

Yes that seemed to work! I think I need to play around with the array formatting. Thanks so much! -

3/23/20

Isaac Davis, null-a4

3/16/20

Problems installing canvas/webppl-viz on mac

Thanks for the suggestions Paul! I was able to install pkg-config (at least I think it installed, it

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Problems installing canvas/webppl-viz on mac

Thanks for the suggestions Paul! I was able to install pkg-config (at least I think it installed, it

3/16/20

Rui Mendes, null-a5

3/10/20

Problems installing webbppl-viz

I'm seeing similar errors when attempting a fresh install, but I managed to get things things

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Problems installing webbppl-viz

I'm seeing similar errors when attempting a fresh install, but I managed to get things things

3/10/20

erdal.k...@gmail.com, null-a2

1/24/20

No error for custom continuous distribution

> Should there be an error or warning message? Good question. Calling `Math.random` breaks one of

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No error for custom continuous distribution

> Should there be an error or warning message? Good question. Calling `Math.random` breaks one of

1/24/20

Claus Möbus, null-a2

1/5/20

Hello. Happy new year to you too. The way I see it, this is a bug, in the sense that (IIUC) the

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Hello. Happy new year to you too. The way I see it, this is a bug, in the sense that (IIUC) the

1/5/20

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