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Likelihood Module

Likelihood functions to represent a variety of distributions and data types.

Functions and values

Function or value Description

bivariateGaussian key1 key2

Full Usage: bivariateGaussian key1 key2

Parameters:
Returns: Likelihood<'u>

Log likelihood function for dual simultaneous system, assuming Gaussian error for both x and y. Requires parameters 'σ[x]', 'σ[y]' and 'ρ' to be included in any `ModelSystem` that uses it.

key1 : LikelihoodRequirement
key2 : LikelihoodRequirement
Returns: Likelihood<'u>

gaussian key

Full Usage: gaussian key

Parameters:
Returns: Likelihood<'u>

Log likelihood function for single equation system, assuming Gaussian error for x. Requires a parameter 'σ[x]' to be included in any `ModelSystem` that uses it.

key : LikelihoodRequirement
Returns: Likelihood<'u>

sumOfSquares keys

Full Usage: sumOfSquares keys

Parameters:
Returns: Likelihood<'u>

Residual sum of squares. Provides a simple metric of distance between observed data and model predictions.

keys : LikelihoodRequirement list
Returns: Likelihood<'u>

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