BDA Python demos spine
This section incorporates Aki Vehtari’s BDA_py_demos, a Python demo collection for Bayesian Data Analysis, 3rd ed.
The widened project scope is now Applied Bayesian Computing in Python:
- ROS examples provide applied regression, causal inference, prediction, model checking, and multilevel-modeling examples.
- BDA demos provide foundational Bayesian computation: grid calculations, conjugate models, posterior simulation, importance sampling, diagnostics, and CmdStanPy workflows.
- CmdStanPy is the model-first Bayesian engine.
- BlackJAX/Oryx are used selectively for explicit log-density/sampler mechanics and JAX-native workflows.
The notebooks below are included as source material first; as the book matures, each will get an accompanying translation/commentary page that connects it to the ROS examples and the CmdStanPy/BlackJAX/Oryx patterns.