# Metropolis equivalent to NUTS target\_accept?

**URL:** https://discourse.pymc.io/t/metropolis-equivalent-to-nuts-target-accept/1668
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** [August 7, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.pymc.io/t/metropolis-equivalent-to-nuts-target-accept/1668 "2018-08-07T11:10:26Z")
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### Author: ![richardUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@richardUK](https://discourse.pymc.io/u/richardUK)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.pymc.io/t/metropolis-equivalent-to-nuts-target-accept/1668/3 "2018-08-07T14:00:18Z")

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Thanks, I’ll look at this. Can you advise on any similar strategies reduce the acceptance parameter (accept a wider range of solutions)? (I’m new to MCMC/PyMC so there might be a better way to get to where I’d like to go…)

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