About this notebook

This notebook uses the IPython Notebook to communicate ideas, models etc. The focus is on Bayesian methods for phylogenetic inference. In general we use PyMC as a sandbox, GitHub as a repository and Python to glue it together.

A major resource (and highly recommended if you do not know it already) is Cameron Davidson-Pilon's book Bayesian Methods for Hackers. The full Github repository is available at github/Probabilistic-Programming-and-Bayesian-Methods-for-Hackers. The other chapters can be found on the project's homepage. Another resource is a course (see below) by Chris Fonnesbeck one of the main PyMC developers.

To get started simply download move into the source directory and type

~$ ipython notebook


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