testexample.py (1.2 KB) /home/jonititan/miniconda3/envs/pymc-dev-py39/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pymc/aesaraf.py:1005: UserWarning: The parameter ‘updates’ of aesara.function() expects an OrderedDict, got <class ‘dict’>. Using a standard dictionary here results in non-deterministic behavior. You …

You are being mislead by the name in pm.Constant. That is not a constant but a distribution that outputs always a constant value in prior predictive and that when sampled has logp 0 for the value and -inf everywhere else. The problem with that is that PyMC tries to sample it, the same way it tries …

TypeError when combining constant and Normal distribution in function within deterministic node

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cluhmann April 16, 2022, 4:34pm 2

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Can you provide a minimal example that yields this error?

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TypeError when combining constant and Normal distribution in function within deterministic node

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