#!/usr/bin/python
# Author: Amir Shahmoradi
# Contact: shahmoradi@utexas.edu
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#### ParaMonte: plain powerful parallel Monte Carlo library.
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"""
This is the Python interface to ParaMonte: Plain Powerful Parallel Monte Carlo library.
What is ParaMonte?
==================
ParaMonte is a serial / parallel library of Monte Carlo routines for sampling
mathematical objective functions of arbitrary-dimensions, in particular,
the posterior distributions of Bayesian models in data science,
Machine Learning, and scientific inference, with the design
goal of unifying the
**automation** of Monte Carlo simulations,
**user-friendliness** of the library,
**accessibility** from multiple programming environments,
**high-performance** at runtime, and,
**scalability** across many parallel processors.
For more information on the installation, usage, and examples, visit:
https://www.cdslab.org/paramonte
For the API documentation, visit:
https://www.cdslab.org/paramonte/notes/api/python
ParaMonte samplers
==================
The routines currently supported by the ParaMonte Python library include:
**ParaDRAM**
Parallel Delayed-Rejection Adaptive Metropolis-Hastings Markov
Chain Monte Carlo Sampler. For a quick start, example scripts,
and instructions on how to use he ParaDRAM sampler, type the
following commands enclosed between the comment lines
in your Python session,
.. code-block:: python
:linenos:
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import paramonte as pm
pm.helpme("paradram") # the input value is case-insensitive
##################################
or,
.. code-block:: python
:linenos:
##################################
import paramonte as pm
help(pm.ParaDRAM) # get help on ParaDRAM sampler class
##################################
Naming conventions
==================
+ The camelCase naming style is used throughout the entire ParaMonte
library, across all programming languages. The ParaMonte library is
a multi-language cross-platform library. To increase the consistently
and similarities of all implementations, a single naming convention
had to be used for all different languages.
+ All simulation specifications start with a lowercase letter, including
scalar/vector/matrix int, float, string, or boolean variables.
+ The name of any variable that represents a vector of values is normally
suffixed with ``Vec``, for example: ``startPointVec``, ...
+ The name of any variable that represents a matrix of values is normally
suffixed with ``Mat``, for example: ``proposalStartCorMat``, ...
+ The name of any variable that represents a list of varying-size values
is normally suffixed with ``List``, like: ``variableNameList``, ...
+ All static functions or methods of classes begin with a lowercase verb.
+ Significant attempt has been made to end all boolean variables with a
passive verb, such that the full variable name virtually forms a
proposition, that is, an English-language statement that should
be either ``True`` or ``False``, set by the user.
Tips
====
+ When running the ParaMonte samplers, in particular on multiple cores
in parallel, it would be best to close any such aggressive software or
applications as **Dropbox**, **ZoneAlarm**, ... that can interfere with
the ParaMonte simulation output files, potentially causing the sampler to
crash before the successful completion of the simulation.
These situations should however happen only scarcely.
+ On Windows systems, when restarting an old interrupted ParaMonte simulation,
ensure your Python session is also restarted before the simulation restart.
This may be needed as Windows sometimes locks access to some or all of the
simulation output files.
+ To unset an already-set input simulation specification, simply set the
simulation attribute to None or re-instantiate the sampler object.
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"""
import os as _os
import sys as _sys
import typing as _tp
_sys.path.append(_os.path.dirname(__file__))
import _paramonte as _pm
#### objects exposed to the user
from _pmreqs import verify, build, checkForUpdate, verifyDependencyVersion, getDependencyVersion
from _paradram import ParaDRAM
from _paradram import ParaDRAM as Paradram
from _paradram import ParaDRAM as paradram
from _paramonte import version, website, cite
__authors__ = "The Computational Data Science Lab @ The University of Texas"
__credits__ = "The Peter O'Donnell Fellowship"
__version__ = version.interface.dump()
"""ParaMonte Python interface version, defined at runtime."""
verify(reset=False)
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# def getVersion():
# import warnings
# msg = "getVersion() version will be removed in next release. Use paramonte.version object instead."
# warnings.warn( msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
# return __version__
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[docs]def helpme ( topic : _tp.Optional[ str ] = None
):
"""
Prints help on the input object.
**Parameters**
topic
A string value that is the name of an object in ``paramonte``
module for which help is needed. To see the list of possible
objects. try: ``pm.helpme("helpme")``
**Returns**
None
"""
topics = { "paradram": ParaDRAM
, "version" : version
, "verify" : verify
, "helpme" : helpme
, "build" : build
}
usage = " Usage:\n\n" \
+ " import paramonte as pm\n" \
+ " pm.helpme() # to get help on paramonte module.\n" \
+ " pm.helpme(topic) # to get help on topic.\n\n" \
+ " where `topic` in the above can be one of the following string values:\n\n" \
+ " " + str(list(topics.keys()))
if topic is None:
print(__doc__)
elif isinstance(topic,str) and (topic.lower() in topics.keys()):
print(topics[topic.lower()].__doc__ + "\n")
if topic.lower()=="helpme": _pm.note( msg = usage, methodName = "helpme()", marginTop = 0, marginBot = 1)
else:
try:
topic = "(" + str(topic) + ") "
except:
topic = ""
_pm.warn( msg = "The requested object " + topic + "does not exist in paramonte module.\n\n"
+ usage
, methodName = "helpme()"
, marginTop = 1
, marginBot = 1
)
return None
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__all__ = [ "__authors__"
, "__credits__"
, "__version__"
, "ParaDRAM"
, "Paradram"
, "paradram"
, "version"
, "verify"
, "helpme"
, "build"
]