sgmcmc: Stochastic Gradient Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Provides functions that performs popular stochastic gradient Markov chain Monte Carlo (SGMCMC) methods on user specified models. The required gradients are automatically calculated using 'TensorFlow' <https://www.tensorflow.org/>, an efficient library for numerical computation. This means only the log likelihood and log prior functions need to be specified. The methods implemented include stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics (SGLD), stochastic gradient Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (SGHMC), stochastic gradient Nose-Hoover thermostat (SGNHT) and their respective control variate versions for increased efficiency. References: M. Welling, Y. W. Teh (2011) <http://www.icml-2011.org/papers/398_icmlpaper.pdf>; T. Chen, E. B. Fox, C. E. Guestrin (2014) <arXiv:1402.4102>; N. Ding, Y. Fang, R. Babbush, C. Chen, R. D. Skeel, H. Neven (2014) <https://papers.nips.cc/paper/5592-bayesian-sampling-using-stochastic-gradient-thermostats>; J. Baker, P. Fearnhead, E. B. Fox, C. Nemeth (2017) <arXiv:1706.05439>. For more details see <doi:10.18637/jss.v091.i03>.

README.md Advanced Example: Simulate from a Bayesian Neural Network -- Storage Constraints sgmcmc: Getting Started Worked Example: Logistic Regression Worked Example: Simulate from a Gaussian Mixture Worked Example: Simulate from a Multivariate Gaussian

Vignettes Man pages API and functions Files

Package details
Author	Jack Baker [aut, cre, cph], Christopher Nemeth [aut, cph], Paul Fearnhead [aut, cph], Emily B. Fox [aut, cph], STOR-i [cph]
Maintainer	Jack Baker <jackbaker92@mail.com>
License	GPL-3
Version	0.2.5
URL	https://github.com/STOR-i/sgmcmc
Package repository	View on CRAN
Installation	Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R: `install.packages("sgmcmc")`