This is an index to documenation for software implementing flexible Bayesian models based on neural networks, Gaussian processes, and finite and infinite mixture models, implemented using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods.
UTIL MC NET GP MIX
data-spec mc net gp mix
extract mc-quantities net-dvar gp-cov mix-cases
find-min mc-spec net-display gp-display mix-display
grid mc-temp-filter net-eval gp-eigen mix-extensions
log mc-temp-sched net-gd gp-eval mix-gen
log-append xxx-grad-test net-gen gp-gen mix-mc
log-copy xxx-mc net-hist gp-mc mix-quantities
log-last xxx-stepsizes net-mc gp-pred mix-spec
log-records net-plt gp-quantities
log-types net-pred gp-spec
model-spec net-quantities
numin net-rej
prior net-spec
quantities
rand-seed
series
xxx-hist
xxx-plt
A more detailed index is given below. Note that documentation on some
programs used only to test the software is not included in either index.
The documentation for the demonstration of sampling from a bivariate
Gaussian distribution [bvg] is also not indexed above, but is listed
below.The most important documentation files are marked below with an asterisk.
* log Facilities for handling log files
log-types Types of log file records used by various programs
log-copy Copy part of a log file to a new log file
log-append Append records from one log file to the end of another
log-last Display the index of the last record in a log file
log-records List all records in a log file
* data-spec Specify data sets for training and testing
* numin Facilities for input of numeric data
* model-spec Specify model for targets
* prior Meaning and syntax of prior specifications
find-min Find entry with minimum value (for cross validation)
grid Output a grid of points
extract Extract items at random from a data file
* rand-seed Specify a random number seed
* quantities Numeric quantities obtainable from log files
* xxx-plt Write quantities from a log file, suitable for plotting
xxx-hist Build a histogram for a quantity obtained from a log file
* series Analyse stationary time series data
* mc Programs and modules supporting Markov chain Monte Carlo
* mc-spec Specify how to do the Markov chain simulation
* xxx-mc Run Markov chain simulation
* mc-quantities Quantities from log files relating to Monte Carlo
mc-temp-sched Specify temperature schedule for tempering methods
mc-temp-filter Copy only iterations at a given temperature
xxx-grad-test Test the correctness of the energy gradient computations
xxx-stepsizes Display and evaluate stepsizes used for dynamics
* net Bayesian inference for neural networks using MCMC
* net-spec Create a new network, or display existing specifications
* net-mc Do Markov chain simulation to sample networks
* net-gen Generate networks from the prior, or with fixed values
net-gd Train a network by gradient descent in the error
* net-display Print network parameters and/or hyperparameters
* net-quantities Quantities from log files relating to networks
* net-plt Get quantities from a net log file, suitable for plotting
net-hist Build histogram for quantity obtained from a net log file
* net-pred Make predictions for test cases
net-eval Evaluate network functions over a grid
net-dvar Find the variance of a difference in function values
net-rej Generate networks from the posterior by rejection sampling
* gp Bayesian modelling using Gaussian processes
* gp-spec Specify a Gaussian process model, or display existing spec
* gp-mc Use Markov chain to sample Gaussian process hyperparameters
* gp-gen Generate GP hyperparameters randomly, or fix them
* gp-display Print Gaussian process hyperparameters & other information
* gp-quantities Quantities from log files relating to Gaussian processes
* gp-pred Make predictions for test cases using Gaussian process
gp-eval Evaluate function drawn from a Gaussian process over a grid
gp-cov Print covariance matrix for a Gaussian process
gp-eigen Find eigenvalues/vectors of covariance matrix
* mix Bayesian inference for mixture models
* mix-spec Specify a mixture model, or display existing spec
* mix-mc Use Markov chain to do sampling for a mixture model
* mix-gen Generate hyperparameters randomly, or fix them
* mix-display Print mixture model parameters, hyperparameters, etc.
* mix-quantities Quantities from log files relating to mixture models
mix-cases Generate cases from a mixture model
mix-extensions Possible extensions to the mixture modeling software
bvg Demo of Markov chain sampling from a bivariate Gaussian
bvg-spec Specify a bivariate Gaussian distribution to sample from
bvg-mc Do Markov chain simulation for a bivariate Gaussian
bvg-plt Get quantities from a bvg log file, suitable to plot