# NUTS warmup

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nuts-warmup/100438>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
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**Created:** [June 16, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nuts-warmup/100438 "2023-06-16T08:24:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nuts-warmup/100438/1 "2023-06-16T08:24:21Z")

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How much I understood is in `NUTS(burnin, acceptance rate)` burnin is warmup period where it look for leap-frog steps and step size or I am wrong?

Because I wanted to ask if i set `NUTS(0,0.65)` and remove initial iterations manually is different then using `NUTS(burnin, 0.65)` direct burnin?