VentureScript Reference Manual

Contents:

• Overview
  • Intuition
• Usage
  • Standalone Invocation
• Programming Model
• Directive Cheatsheet
  • Directives
  • Directive manipulation
  • Pseudo-Directives
  • Inference
  • Definitions
  • Miscellaneous Instructions
• Modeling Syntax Reference
  • Introduction
  • Special Forms
  • Built-in Procedures
  • Built-in Helpers
• Inference Syntax Reference
  • Introduction
  • Scopes, Blocks, and the Local Posterior
  • Built-in Procedures for Inference
  • Built-in Helpers
  • Special Forms
• Python Interface
  • Plugins and Callbacks
  • Built-in Callbacks
• VenStan: Experimental Stan Integration
  • Architecture
  • Usage Requirements and Gotchas
  • Reference
• Python API Reference
  • Entry Point: package venture.shortcuts
  • Read Infer Predict Layer: module venture.ripl.ripl
  • Programmatic values and expressions: module venture.value.dicts
  • Stochastic Procedure Interface: module venture.lite.sp
  • Primitive Stochastic Procedure Interface: module venture.lite.psp
  • Foreign SP helpers: module venture.lite.sp_help
  • Type annotations for foreign procedures: module venture.lite.types
  • Internal representation of values: module venture.lite.value
• Frequently Asked Questions