Use of Gamma PDF for Poisson regression?

jbuddy_13 · December 16, 2020, 7:54pm

I see, thanks!
I’ve heard from @junpenglao and others that discretes give HMC trouble. I’m quite curious on when this is/isn’t an issue. I frequently find myself asking on a case-by-case basis, having not found a general rule of thumb yet.

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Use of Gamma PDF for Poisson regression?

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