InvStablePrior: Inverse Stable Prior for Widely-Used Exponential Models

Contains functions that allow Bayesian inference on a parameter of some widely-used exponential models. The functions can generate independent samples from the closed-form posterior distribution using the inverse stable prior. Inverse stable is a non-conjugate prior for a parameter of an exponential subclass of discrete and continuous data distributions (e.g. Poisson, exponential, inverse gamma, double exponential (Laplace), half-normal/half-Gaussian, etc.). The prior class provides flexibility in capturing a wide array of prior beliefs (right-skewed and left-skewed) as modulated by a parameter that is bounded in (0,1). The generated samples can be used to simulate the prior and posterior predictive distributions. More details can be found in Cahoy and Sedransk (2019) <doi:10.1007/s42519-018-0027-2>. The package can also be used as a teaching demo for introductory Bayesian courses.

Version:	0.1.1
Imports:	stats, fdrtool, nimble
Published:	2023-08-21
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.InvStablePrior
Author:	Dexter Cahoy [aut, cre], Joseph Sedransk [aut]
Maintainer:	Dexter Cahoy <dexter.cahoy at gmail.com>
License:	GPL (≥ 3)
NeedsCompilation:	no
Materials:	README
CRAN checks:	InvStablePrior results

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Reference manual:

InvStablePrior.pdf

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Package source:	InvStablePrior_0.1.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: InvStablePrior_0.1.1.zip, r-release: InvStablePrior_0.1.1.zip, r-oldrel: InvStablePrior_0.1.1.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): InvStablePrior_0.1.1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): InvStablePrior_0.1.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): InvStablePrior_0.1.1.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): InvStablePrior_0.1.1.tgz
Old sources:	InvStablePrior archive

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