PyMC

PyMC
Original author(s)PyMC Development Team
Initial releaseMay 4, 2013 (2013-05-04)
Stable release
5.19.1[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 5 December 2024; 23 days ago (5 December 2024)
Repositoryhttps://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc
Written inPython
Operating systemUnix-like, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
PlatformIntel x86 – 32-bit, x64
TypeStatistical package
License Apache License, Version 2.0
Websitewww.pymc.io

PyMC (formerly known as PyMC3) is a probabilistic programming language written in Python. It can be used for Bayesian statistical modeling and probabilistic machine learning.

PyMC performs inference based on advanced Markov chain Monte Carlo and/or variational fitting algorithms.[2] [3][4][5][6] It is a rewrite from scratch of the previous version of the PyMC software.[7] Unlike PyMC2, which had used Fortran extensions for performing computations, PyMC relies on PyTensor, a Python library that allows defining, optimizing, and efficiently evaluating mathematical expressions involving multi-dimensional arrays. From version 3.8 PyMC relies on ArviZ to handle plotting, diagnostics, and statistical checks. PyMC and Stan are the two most popular probabilistic programming tools.[8] PyMC is an open source project, developed by the community and has been fiscally sponsored by NumFOCUS.[9]

PyMC has been used to solve inference problems in several scientific domains, including astronomy,[10][11] epidemiology,[12][13] molecular biology,[14] crystallography,[15][16] chemistry,[17] ecology[18][19] and psychology.[20] Previous versions of PyMC were also used widely, for example in climate science,[21] public health,[22] neuroscience,[23] and parasitology.[24][25]

After Theano announced plans to discontinue development in 2017,[26] the PyMC team evaluated TensorFlow Probability as a computational backend,[27] but decided in 2020 to fork Theano under the name Aesara.[28] Large parts of the Theano codebase have been refactored and compilation through JAX[29] and Numba were added. The PyMC team has released the revised computational backend under the name PyTensor and continues the development of PyMC.[30]

Inference engines

PyMC implements non-gradient-based and gradient-based Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms for Bayesian inference and stochastic, gradient-based variational Bayesian methods for approximate Bayesian inference.

See also

  • Stan is a probabilistic programming language for statistical inference written in C++
  • ArviZ a Python library for exploratory analysis of Bayesian models
  • Bambi is a high-level Bayesian model-building interface based on PyMC

References

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Further reading

  • Martin, Osvaldo (2024). Bayesian Analysis with Python : A Practical Guide to Probabilistic Modeling (Third ed.). Packt. ISBN 978-1-80512-716-1.
  • PyMC website
  • PyMC source, a Git repository hosted on GitHub
  • PyTensor is a Python library for defining, optimizing, and efficiently evaluating mathematical expressions involving multi-dimensional arrays.