fgivenx: A Python package for functional posterior plotting
arXiv:1908.01711 · doi:10.21105/joss.00849
summary
fgivenx is a Python library that visualizes functional posterior distributions, allowing astronomers and other scientists to plot predictive functions derived from Bayesian analyses.
Abstract
fgivenx is a Python package for functional posterior plotting, currently used in astronomy, but will be of use to scientists performing any Bayesian analysis which has predictive posteriors that are functions. The source code for fgivenx is available on GitHub at https://github.com/williamjameshandley/fgivenx
4 Pages, 2 Figures, Published in the Journal of Open Source Software
Topics & keywords
#python package#functional posterior#bayesian analysis#predictive modeling#scientific visualizationfgivenxposterior plottingbayesian inferencefunctional dataopen-source software