# \#statistics

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## [\[ANN\] VineCopulas.jl: C-vines, D-vines, and experimental R-vines in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-vinecopulas-jl-c-vines-d-vines-and-experimental-r-vines-in-julia/137930)

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**Author:** [@Santymax98](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Santymax98)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-vinecopulas-jl-c-vines-d-vines-and-experimental-r-vines-in-julia/137930 "2026-09-12T13:02:52Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m happy to announce that VineCopulas.jl is now registered in the Julia General registry. VineCopulas.jl is a pure-Julia package for explicit vine copula models, built on top of Copulas.jl. The current re…

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## [ScientificFitting.jl v0.1: explicit uncertainties, diagnostics, profiles, and Makie figures](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scientificfitting-jl-v0-1-explicit-uncertainties-diagnostics-profiles-and-makie-figures/139223)

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**Author:** [@Amin-El-Sayed](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amin-El-Sayed)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scientificfitting-jl-v0-1-explicit-uncertainties-diagnostics-profiles-and-makie-figures/139223 "2026-09-10T12:24:21Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve just released ScientificFitting.jl v0.1, my first public Julia package. It aims to make statistically careful scientific fitting fast to write and enjoyable to use, without hiding uncertainty models or…

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## [\[ANN\] GeoStats.jl - Geospatial Data Science and Geostatistical Modeling in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-geostats-jl-geospatial-data-science-and-geostatistical-modeling-in-julia/101054)

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**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Replies:** 52\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-geostats-jl-geospatial-data-science-and-geostatistical-modeling-in-julia/101054 "2026-09-05T23:34:22Z")

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This topic will be used for future release updates of the GeoStats.jl framework. Past topics can be found at v0.10, v0.11, v0.14, v0.18, v0.24, v0.33 and v0.36. OVERVIEW GeoStats.jl v0.40 is out with revised docume…

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## [RFC: Proposal for estimating unique Julia clients without tracking](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rfc-proposal-for-estimating-unique-julia-clients-without-tracking/138027)

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**Author:** [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Replies:** 68\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rfc-proposal-for-estimating-unique-julia-clients-without-tracking/138027 "2026-09-03T03:26:28Z")

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I’ve written up a new protocol that would allow us to estimate how many unique Pkg clients there are for Julia and for each package in a way that doesn’t allow for tracking individual users. This works as a rough proxy f…

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## [\[ANN\] AdditionalDistributions.jl — Extending Distributions.jl with Advanced Probability Models](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-additionaldistributions-jl-extending-distributions-jl-with-advanced-probability-models/133531)

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**Author:** [@Santymax98](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Santymax98)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-additionaldistributions-jl-extending-distributions-jl-with-advanced-probability-models/133531 "2026-08-25T19:32:38Z")

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We are pleased to announce the release of AdditionalDistributions.jl — a registered Julia package extending the capabilities of Distributions.jl. This package provides a research-grade collection of additional probabili…

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## [MarSwitching.jl - Markov Switching regression in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/marswitching-jl-markov-switching-regression-in-julia/104550)

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**Author:** [@m-dadej](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/m-dadej)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/marswitching-jl-markov-switching-regression-in-julia/104550 "2026-08-13T20:29:35Z")

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MarSwitching.jl is a package that allows to estimate the Markov switching dynamic regression (also called regime switching regression). It’s in general registry and the repo can be found here: GitHub - m-dadej/MarSwitch…

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## [\[ANN\] AdaptEllipticalSliceSampler.jl: Adaptive Generalized Elliptical Slice Sampling](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-adaptellipticalslicesampler-jl-adaptive-generalized-elliptical-slice-sampling/138167)

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**Author:** [@ndmarco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ndmarco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-adaptellipticalslicesampler-jl-adaptive-generalized-elliptical-slice-sampling/138167 "2026-07-13T22:55:24Z")

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I’d like to announce AdaptEllipticalSliceSampler.jl — a Julia implementation of an adaptive generalized elliptical slice sampler (AGESS) from a recent paper that we have been working on. Elliptical slice sampling (ESS) …

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## [\[ANN\] Latte.jl: Probabilistic programming for latent Gaussian models](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-latte-jl-probabilistic-programming-for-latent-gaussian-models/137879)

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**Author:** [@timweiland](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/timweiland)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-latte-jl-probabilistic-programming-for-latent-gaussian-models/137879 "2026-07-05T12:12:14Z")

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Hi all! Last week I published Latte.jl, a probabilistic programming framework for latent Gaussian models. What’s a latent Gaussian model? Many interesting problems in Bayesian inference can be approached via latent Gaus…

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## [\[ANN\] AdditionalDistributions.jl v0.2.1 — Multivariate Gaussian and Student-t CDFs, benchmarks, and ecosystem examples](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-additionaldistributions-jl-v0-2-1-multivariate-gaussian-and-student-t-cdfs-benchmarks-and-ecosystem-examples/137895)

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**Author:** [@Santymax98](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Santymax98)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-additionaldistributions-jl-v0-2-1-multivariate-gaussian-and-student-t-cdfs-benchmarks-and-ecosystem-examples/137895 "2026-07-01T15:57:31Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m happy to announce AdditionalDistributions.jl v0.2.1. AdditionalDistributions.jl extends the Distributions.jl ecosystem with additional univariate and multivariate probability distributions. This annou…

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## [\[ANN\]: PhaseTypeDistributions.jl, PhaseTypeDistributionsFitting.jl (and FixedSparsityMatrices.jl)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-phasetypedistributions-jl-phasetypedistributionsfitting-jl-and-fixedsparsitymatrices-jl/137631)

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**Author:** [@yoninazarathy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yoninazarathy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-phasetypedistributions-jl-phasetypedistributionsfitting-jl-and-fixedsparsitymatrices-jl/137631 "2026-06-25T10:27:55Z")

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We’re happy to announce two new packages for phase-type (PH) distributions, plus a supporting third package for structured matrices (which may be useful in its own right). A phase-type distribution is the distribution o…

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## [\[ANN\] LinRegOutliers: a Julia package for detecting outliers in linear regression](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-linregoutliers-a-julia-package-for-detecting-outliers-in-linear-regression/47280)

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**Author:** [@jbytecode](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jbytecode)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-linregoutliers-a-julia-package-for-detecting-outliers-in-linear-regression/47280 "2026-06-18T19:50:20Z")

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Hi there, This is an open invitation for the community. LinRegOutliers is a Julia package for detecting outliers in linear regression. In its current state, the package contains some pioneering algorithms that have take…

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## [\[ANN\]: DistributionsFactories.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-distributionsfactories-jl/137619)

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**Author:** [@yoninazarathy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yoninazarathy)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-distributionsfactories-jl/137619 "2026-06-18T12:32:51Z")

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I’m happy to announce DistributionsFactories.jl, a package that solves a problem most of us have hit: you know the summary statistics you want — a mean and variance, a couple of quantiles, a mode — but you need an actual…

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## [\[ANN\] BetaKDE.jl: Boundary-Corrected Beta Kernel Density Estimation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-betakde-jl-boundary-corrected-beta-kernel-density-estimation/137057)

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**Author:** [@egonmedhatten](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/egonmedhatten)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-betakde-jl-boundary-corrected-beta-kernel-density-estimation/137057 "2026-05-09T22:55:52Z")

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I am pleased to announce the release of BetaKDE.jl, a package for boundary-corrected density estimation on the unit interval \[0,1\]. Standard KDE with Gaussian kernels suffers from severe boundary bias when applied to da…

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## [\[ANN\] NeuralEstimators.jl: Efficient simulation-based inference (SBI) using neural networks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-neuralestimators-jl-efficient-simulation-based-inference-sbi-using-neural-networks/136917)

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**Author:** [@MattSainsbury-Dale](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MattSainsbury-Dale)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-neuralestimators-jl-efficient-simulation-based-inference-sbi-using-neural-networks/136917 "2026-04-30T11:47:20Z")

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NeuralEstimators.jl uses neural networks for fast simulation-based inference (SBI) for any model for which simulation is feasible. It supports: Neural posterior estimation (NPE): directly learn the posterior distributi…

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## [Doctoral Researcher, Interdisciplinary Music Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/doctoral-researcher-interdisciplinary-music-research-university-of-jyvaskyla-finland/136514)

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**Author:** [@mahmah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mahmah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/doctoral-researcher-interdisciplinary-music-research-university-of-jyvaskyla-finland/136514 "2026-04-02T06:36:17Z")

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Doctoral Researcher - Interdisciplinary Music Research (MUSICOTAS Project) The Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies of the University of Jyväskylä is currently seeking to recruit a Doctoral Researcher for a 3-yea…

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## [Rolling forecast with StateSpaceModels.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rolling-forecast-with-statespacemodels-jl/136189)

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**Author:** [@pierre-haessig](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pierre-haessig)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rolling-forecast-with-statespacemodels-jl/136189 "2026-03-23T08:42:42Z")

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Hello, I have a question on using StateSpaceModels.jl to do a rolling window prediction of a time series. This means: At time t using past data y\_1...y\_t, predict h steps ahead (\\hat{y}\_{t+1|t} to \\hat{y}\_{t+h|t}). T…

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## [How to plot a unfilled histogram (stairs) in Makie?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-plot-a-unfilled-histogram-stairs-in-makie/135977)

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**Author:** [@Abhro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Abhro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-plot-a-unfilled-histogram-stairs-in-makie/135977 "2026-03-03T03:28:16Z")

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If I have a pre-fiitted histogram, how would I plot an unfilled histogram with Makie.jl? I can use hist and stephist for the raw data, but I’m not sure what to do about a Histogram object from StatsBase.jl Example: usi…

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## [\[ANN\] BayesDensity.jl - A package for univariate nonparametric Bayesian density estimation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-bayesdensity-jl-a-package-for-univariate-nonparametric-bayesian-density-estimation/135779)

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**Author:** [@oskarhs](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oskarhs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-bayesdensity-jl-a-package-for-univariate-nonparametric-bayesian-density-estimation/135779 "2026-03-02T08:03:28Z")

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Hi Julia users! I am pleased to announce the first release of the BayesDensity.jl package! The goal of BayesDensity.jl is to provide a uniform interface to nonparametric Bayesian density estimation in one dimension. Th…

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## [Why do the density plots with Unitful display units on the "wrong" axis?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-the-density-plots-with-unitful-display-units-on-the-wrong-axis/135727)

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**Author:** [@bertulli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bertulli)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-the-density-plots-with-unitful-display-units-on-the-wrong-axis/135727 "2026-02-19T13:38:56Z")

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Hi all! I noticed that, when plotting the probability distribution of some data with Plots.jl with density(x), the axis representing the “underlying” data, is on the x axis: using Plots using StatsPlots x = \[1,1,1,2,2\] …

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## [\[ANN\] SDMXer and SDMXerWizard: official statistics for Julia with SDMX](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-sdmxer-and-sdmxerwizard-official-statistics-for-julia-with-sdmx/135588)

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**Author:** [@gvdr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gvdr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-sdmxer-and-sdmxerwizard-official-statistics-for-julia-with-sdmx/135588 "2026-02-12T03:04:05Z")

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SDMX is a global data modelling standard, especially for official statistics. It’s been adopted by many National Statistics Offices, and a large number of international organizations. It’s a very rich data+metadata forma…

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## [Introduction to Statistical Learning for Julia (ISLJ) Labs for the Hastie Tibshirani book](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/introduction-to-statistical-learning-for-julia-islj-labs-for-the-hastie-tibshirani-book/135113)

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**Author:** [@compleat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/compleat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/introduction-to-statistical-learning-for-julia-islj-labs-for-the-hastie-tibshirani-book/135113 "2026-01-17T20:00:34Z")

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GitHub - compleathorseplayer/ISLR-labs-in-Julia: Julia translations of ISLR2 labs (Introduction to Statistical Learning, 2nd Edition) Complete translation of the Labs in the famous ISLR book by Hastie, Tibshirani, et al …

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## [Margins.jl and FormulaCompiler.jl: Marginal effects for Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/margins-jl-and-formulacompiler-jl-marginal-effects-for-julia/135038)

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**Author:** [@emfeltham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/emfeltham)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/margins-jl-and-formulacompiler-jl-marginal-effects-for-julia/135038 "2026-01-14T14:24:38Z")

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Marginal effects analysis is fundamental to interpreting statistical models, yet existing implementations face computational constraints that limit analysis at scale. I introduce two Julia packages that address this gap.…

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## [Modeling wind power output random process across multiple geographical locations](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modeling-wind-power-output-random-process-across-multiple-geographical-locations/134529)

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**Author:** [@WalterMadelim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WalterMadelim)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/modeling-wind-power-output-random-process-across-multiple-geographical-locations/134529 "2025-12-27T09:44:11Z")

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Hello, I want to model a vector stochastic process (may be decided according to historical observations). The length of the vector is N, which is the number of wind farms spreading in a power transmission network. The…

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## [\[ANN\] Biplots.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-biplots-jl/68520)

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**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-biplots-jl/68520 "2025-12-15T11:24:30Z")

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Biplots were introduced in the 70s and are super useful in exploratory data analysis. Given a design matrix X or more generally a table with variable names, it produces a 2D or 3D visualization with principal axes of ali…

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## [Reducing over Point objects](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reducing-over-point-objects/133540)

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**Author:** [@xor0110](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xor0110)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reducing-over-point-objects/133540 "2025-11-22T10:27:25Z")

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Julia has many statistics-computing functions, typically a “reduce” kind of function, that can take either a simple vector, or go over an array and compute the output over row, columns, etc according to the dims paramete…

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## [LinkFunctions.jl: help with package development and registration](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/linkfunctions-jl-help-with-package-development-and-registration/132296)

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**Author:** [@giovannitinervia9](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giovannitinervia9)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/linkfunctions-jl-help-with-package-development-and-registration/132296 "2025-09-11T17:12:43Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m a new Julia user currently learning the language, and I’m interested in developing packages for distribution regression model fitting. For this work, I need to use link functions, which are implemented …

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## [Automatic differentiation of loglikelihood function. Am I doing it right?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-differentiation-of-loglikelihood-function-am-i-doing-it-right/132157)

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**Author:** [@giovannitinervia9](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giovannitinervia9)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-differentiation-of-loglikelihood-function-am-i-doing-it-right/132157 "2025-09-08T15:56:15Z")

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Hi everyone! I’m a statistician and R user taking my first steps with Julia. I have extensive experience with R, and this summer I spent my free time reimplementing the R package gamlss as a personal exercise. Julia has…

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## [Rigorous establishment of the feasibility of the trained policies in SDDP.jl using constraint violation penalties in the objective function](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rigorous-establishment-of-the-feasibility-of-the-trained-policies-in-sddp-jl-using-constraint-violation-penalties-in-the-objective-function/130961)

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**Author:** [@Engr\_Moiz\_Ahmad](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Engr_Moiz_Ahmad)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rigorous-establishment-of-the-feasibility-of-the-trained-policies-in-sddp-jl-using-constraint-violation-penalties-in-the-objective-function/130961 "2025-07-23T08:32:16Z")

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I am working with a multi-stage mixed-integer stochastic global supply chain optimization problem. In this regard, under realistic parameter settings, some constraints are making the instances violate the relatively com…

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## [X2 Research internship offers (master level) in Montpellier (France)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/x2-research-internship-offers-master-level-in-montpellier-france/122779)

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**Author:** [@dmetivie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dmetivie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/x2-research-internship-offers-master-level-in-montpellier-france/122779 "2025-06-21T11:52:39Z")

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I am looking for two master students in Applied Mathematics (in a broad sense) for internships starting in Feb 2025 (flexible). One on Model informed deep learning to forecast water quality in lakes. It will use being…

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## [\[ANN\] Metida.jl: mixed-effects models fitting package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-metida-jl-mixed-effects-models-fitting-package/54723)

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**Author:** [@PharmCat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PharmCat)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-metida-jl-mixed-effects-models-fitting-package/54723 "2025-05-15T00:27:11Z")

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Metida.jl is a Julia package for fitting mixed-effects models with flexible covariance structure. Implemented covariance structures: Scaled Identity (SI) Diagonal (DIAG) Autoregressive (AR) Heterogeneous Autoregressiv…

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