Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: bayespy
Version: 0.3.2
Summary: Bayesian inference tools for Python
Home-page: http://bayespy.org
Author: Jaakko Luttinen
Author-email: jaakko.luttinen@iki.fi
License: GPLv3
Description: BayesPy - Bayesian 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 Version 3.0 of
        the GNU General Public License. See LICENSE file for a text of the
        license or visit http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
        
        * Documentation:
            
            * http://bayespy.org
        
            * `PDF file <http://www.bayespy.org/_static/BayesPy.pdf>`_
        
            * RST format in ``doc`` directory
        
        * Repository: https://github.com/bayespy/bayespy.git
        
        * Bug reports: https://github.com/bayespy/bayespy/issues
        
        * Mailing list: bayespy@googlegroups.com
        
        * IRC: #bayespy @ `freenode <http://freenode.net/>`_
        
        * Author: Jaakko Luttinen jaakko.luttinen@iki.fi
        
        * Latest release: 
        
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             :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bayespy
        
        * Build status:
          
          .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/bayespy/bayespy.png?branch=master
             :target: https://travis-ci.org/bayespy/bayespy/
        
        * Unit test coverage:
        
          .. image:: https://coveralls.io/repos/bayespy/bayespy/badge.png?branch=master
             :target: https://coveralls.io/r/bayespy/bayespy?branch=master
        
        
        
        Similar projects
        ----------------
        
        `VIBES <http://vibes.sourceforge.net/>`_
        (http://vibes.sourceforge.net/) allows variational inference to be
        performed automatically on a Bayesian network.  It is implemented in
        Java and released under revised BSD license.
        
        `Bayes Blocks <http://research.ics.aalto.fi/bayes/software/>`_
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        variational Bayesian learning.  It is available as free software under
        the GNU General Public License.
        
        `Infer.NET <http://research.microsoft.com/infernet/>`_
        (http://research.microsoft.com/infernet/) is a .NET framework for
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        closed source and licensed for non-commercial use only.
        
        `PyMC <https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc>`_
        (https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc) provides MCMC methods in Python.
        It is released under the Academic Free License.
        
        `OpenBUGS <http://www.openbugs.info>`_ (http://www.openbugs.info) is a
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        `Dimple <http://dimple.probprog.org/>`_ (http://dimple.probprog.org/) provides
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        `Stan <http://mc-stan.org/>`_ (http://mc-stan.org/) provides inference using
        MCMC with an interface for R and Python.  It is released under the New BSD
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        `PBNT - Python Bayesian Network Toolbox <http://pbnt.berlios.de/>`_
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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.
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis
