Use that line:
xbound = BoundedGamma('xbound', alpha=1, beta=2, testval=1)
Вопрос
I am exploring the use of bounded distributions in pymc. I am trying to bound a Gamma prior distribution between two values. The model specification seems to fail due to the absence of test values. How may I pass a testval argument such that I am able to specify these sorts of models?
For completeness I have included the error, as well as a minimal example below. Thank you!
AttributeError: <pymc.quickclass.Gamma object at 0x110a62890> has no default value to use, checked for: ['median', 'mean', 'mode'] pass testval argument or provide one of these.
import pymc as pm
import numpy as np
ndims = 2
nobs = 20
zdata = np.random.normal(loc=0, scale=0.75, size=(ndims, nobs))
BoundedGamma = pm.Bound(pm.Gamma, 0.5, 2)
with pm.Model() as model:
xbound = BoundedGamma('xbound', alpha=1, beta=2)
z = pm.Normal('z', mu=0, tau=xbound, shape=(ndims, 1), observed=zdata)
edit: for reference purposes, here is a simple working model utilizing a bounded gamma prior distribution:
import pymc as pm
import numpy as np
ndims = 2
nobs = 20
zdata = np.random.normal(loc=0, scale=0.75, size=(ndims, nobs))
BoundedGamma = pm.Bound(pm.Gamma, 0.5, 2)
with pm.Model() as model:
xbound = BoundedGamma('xbound', alpha=1, beta=2, testval=2)
z = pm.Normal('z', mu=0, tau=xbound, shape=(ndims, 1), observed=zdata)
with model:
start = pm.find_MAP()
with model:
step = pm.NUTS()
with model:
trace = pm.sample(3000, step, start)
pm.traceplot(trace);
Решение
Use that line:
xbound = BoundedGamma('xbound', alpha=1, beta=2, testval=1)