Stan User’s Guide
Version 2.40
This is the official user’s guide for Stan. It provides example models and programming techniques for coding statistical models in Stan. It does not provide a guide to installing or using any of the interfaces required to use Stan.
Introduction: Outline of the Stan project’s scope and documentation, plus an outline of how Stan works.
Example Models: Stan code and discussions for several important classes of models.
Programming Techniques: A discussion of general Stan programming techniques that are not tied to any particular model.
Posterior Inference and Model Checking: An overview of algorithms for calibration and model checking that require multiple runs of Stan.
Appendices The appendices provide an introduction to the
stanc3compiler used in the various interfaces to Stan, a style guide, and advice for users of BUGS and JAGS.
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