Hi! I’m trying to implement a simple recursive function that works with PyMC3 random variables. Let’s say it sums all numbers from 1 to X. I know that we can’t use if..else when working with random variables. def sum (x): return x + sum(x-1) if x > 0 else 0 That produces TypeError: Variab…

Recursive functions and PyMC3 variables

chartl April 26, 2019, 6:35am 2

Try scan; it’s theano’s version of recurrence. Or looping.

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