Original author(s) | Stan Development Team |
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Initial release | August 30, 2012 |
Stable release | 2.35.0[1]
/ 3 June 2024 |
Repository | |
Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
Platform | Intel x86 - 32-bit, x64 |
Type | Statistical package |
License | New BSD License |
Website | mc-stan |
Stan is a probabilistic programming language for statistical inference written in C++.[2] The Stan language is used to specify a (Bayesian) statistical model with an imperative program calculating the log probability density function.[2]
Stan is licensed under the New BSD License. Stan is named in honour of Stanislaw Ulam, pioneer of the Monte Carlo method.[2]
Stan was created by a development team consisting of 34 members[3] that includes Andrew Gelman, Bob Carpenter, Matt Hoffman, and Daniel Lee.