Version 1.0.0 of NIMBLE released, providing automatic differentiation, Laplace approximation, and HMC sampling

We’ve released the newest version of NIMBLE on CRAN and on our website. NIMBLE is a system for building and sharing analysis methods for statistical models, especially for hierarchical models and computationally-intensive methods (such as MCMC and SMC). Version 1.0.0 provides substantial new functionality. This includes: A Laplace approximation algorithm …