stan_vb_opts function

Stan Variational Bayes Options

Defines a list specifying the arguments passed to rstan::vb() or cmdstanr::variational(). Custom settings can be supplied which override the defaults.

stan_vb_opts(samples = 2000, trials = 10, iter = 10000, ...)

Arguments

• samples: Numeric, default 2000. Overall number of approximate posterior samples.
• trials: Numeric, defaults to 10. Number of attempts to use rstan::vb()] before failing.
• iter: Numeric, defaulting to 10000. Number of iterations to use in rstan::vb().
• ...: Additional parameters to pass to rstan::vb() or cmdstanr::variational(), depending on the chosen backend.

Returns

A list of arguments to pass to rstan::vb() or cmdstanr::variational(), depending on the chosen backend.

Examples

stan_vb_opts(samples = 1000)