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Add note saying we won't have discrete parameters in PINTS

Open ben18785 opened this issue 6 years ago • 4 comments

To begin with we should probably state that PINTS does not allow discrete parameters.

Later on, we should probably implement some discrete samplers - for some of the samplers, these exist and are straightforward.

However should encourage users to marginalise out their discrete variables when possible due to Rao-Blackwellisation.

ben18785 avatar Feb 09 '19 02:02 ben18785

List of potential discrete samplers:

ben18785 avatar Feb 09 '19 02:02 ben18785

Just decided in meeting that current solution is:

  • [ ] To begin with we should probably state that PINTS does not allow discrete parameters.

MichaelClerx avatar Nov 07 '23 12:11 MichaelClerx

@ben18785 where do you think this note should go? Somewhere in README? Somewhere in the docs?

MichaelClerx avatar Nov 07 '23 13:11 MichaelClerx

Yep, in the README -- I can't think where it would go in the docs (other than in lots of places!)

ben18785 avatar Nov 07 '23 14:11 ben18785