From: Bayesian Models for Astrophysical Data, Cambridge Univ. Press

(c) 2017,  Joseph M. Hilbe, Rafael S. de Souza and Emille E. O. Ishida  

 

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Code 5.11 Inverse Gaussian model in Python using Stan

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import numpy as np
import statsmodels.api as sm
import pystan

from scipy.stats import uniform, invgauss

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# Data
np.random.seed(1056)                                           # set seed to replicate example
nobs= 1000                                                            # number of obs in model 
x1 = uniform.rvs(size=nobs)                                 # random uniform variable

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beta0 = 1.0
beta1 = 0.5
l1 = 20

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xb = beta0 + beta1 * x1                                        # linear predictor   
exb = np.exp(xb)

y = invgauss.rvs(exb/l1, scale=l1)                       # create response variable
                                             
# Fit
stan_data = {}                                                     # build data dictionary
stan_data['Y'] = y                                                # response variable
stan_data['x1'] = x1                                             # explanatory variable
stan_data['N'] = nobs                                          # sample size

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# Stan code
stan_code = """
data{
    int<lower=0> N;
    vector[N] Y;
    vector[N] x1;
}
parameters{
    real beta0;
    real beta1;
    real<lower=0> lambda;
}
transformed parameters{
    vector[N] exb;
    vector[N] xb;

    for (i in 1:N) xb[i] = beta0 + beta1 * x1[i];
    for (i in 1:N) exb[i] = exp(xb[i]);
}
model{
    real l1;
    real l2;   
    vector[N] loglike;

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    lambda ~ uniform(0.0001, 100);

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    for (i in 1:N){
        l1 = 0.5 * (log(lambda) - log(2 * pi() * pow(Y[i], 3)));
        l2 = -lambda*pow(Y[i] - exb[i], 2)/(2 * pow(exb[i], 2) * Y[i]);
        loglike[i] = l1 + l2;
    }

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    target += loglike;
}
"""

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fit = pystan.stan(model_code=stan_code, data=stan_data, iter=5000, chains=3,
                           warmup=2500, n_jobs=3)

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# Output
nlines = 8                                   # number of lines in screen output

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output = str(fit).split('\n')
for item in output[:nlines]:
    print(item)