On 15/11/10 15:23, Dmitry Astapov wrote:
== Dragonfly ==
http://www.dragonfly.co.nz/
Participants: Finlay Thompson, Edward Abraham
Cloudy Bayes: Hierarchical Bayesian modeling in Haskell
The Cloudy Bayes project aims to develop a fast Bayesian model
fitter that takes advantage of modern multiprocessor machines. It
will support model descriptions in the BUGS model description
language (WinBUGS, OpenBUGS, and JAGS). It will be implemented as
an embedded domain specific language (EDSL) within Haskell. A wide
range of model hierarchical Bayesian model structures will be
possible, including many of the models used in medical, ecological,
and biological sciences.
This is slightly OT, but having used WinBUGS a little, I am very pleased
to see this listed as a project. WinBUGS is a commendable piece of
work, but is really showing its age these days. Between its really
horrible error messages if anything goes wrong, awkward
scripting/job-running interface (slightly eased by R2WinBUGS), and of
course lack of support for multicore, I think this is a case where
parallel Haskell could provide a lot of benefits over the existing software.
Also, can you tell us which (if any) of these projects will be released
as open-source?
Thanks,
Neil.
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