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Re:Ask HN: What companies are using probabilistic programming? by boltzmannbrain on Monday June 04, 2018 @04:50PM (#17232307)
Thanks that's good to know.

Haha I knew "legacy" would ruffle some feathers, by which I mean Stan was pretty much the first application-ready PPS on the block -- robust toolbox of methods, actively developed/supported.

The last slide of this presentation on SMC inference in PPLs is a nice view of the PPS landscape (not to mention the whole deck is a great intro by Lawrence Murray): http://www.it.uu.se/research/systems_and_control/education/2...

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Re:Ask HN: What companies are using probabilistic programming? by currymj on Monday June 04, 2018 @06:27PM (#17233211)
Yeah, I see what you're getting at now. And that is an excellent diagram.

I've never actually used BUGS or JAGS for anything but I would consider at least BUGS to truly be legacy software. To me the word "legacy" means you shouldn't pick it for a new project.

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