Daniel Saunders

Updated pymc.simulator docstring (typos, defaults, type description)

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**What is this PR about?** fixing a number of issues with the pymc.simulator docstring. ... **Checklist** + [ ] Explain important implementation details 👆 + [ ] Make sure that...

Fixed bug that causes GP to only use one column of distance matrix

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[issue](https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc-resources/issues/164#issue-1036272255) #164 Noted that the Gaussian process code was only using one column of the distance matrix. I updated the input dimensions argument to use all 10 columns. Reran associated...

Geometric ad stock accepts alpha values outside its domain

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The docstring says alpha must be between 0 and 1. But you can pass negative and larger alpha values and it will produce strange results, silently. Negative alpha subtracts impressions...

Add special Laplace prior

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The Laplace prior we have access to through the prior class doesn't have the option to be non-centered. There is a way of rewriting the density of Laplace in terms...

Enable inheritance from Prior class to the specialized priors

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follow up to #1939 That PR adds special_priors, which are a collection of objects that closely resembles the Prior class but with some differences. Right now, special priors don't inherit...

Came out of discussion in https://github.com/pymc-labs/pymc-marketing/pull/1841#discussion_r2226910935_ Right now, we just check for things like input validation errors, correct return dimensions and types. We could explore adding a strategy to test...