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StanCon 2026 registration and abstract submission are now open! Announcements Hi everyone! Registration for StanCon 2026 in Uppsala, Sweden, is now open! You can already register and submit abstracts for contributions. Our first keynote speaker will be announced soon. New this StanCon: In additi…	0	775	December 11, 2025
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StanCon 2026: Early bird (and t-shirt) deadline in one week! Announcements stancon	7	271	July 31, 2026
Why is Stan documentation CC-BY-ND? Stan Governance	0	22	July 31, 2026
Estimating flood hazard curves with a hierarchical log-increment model Modeling	1	115	July 29, 2026
Nested versus crossed random effect brms Modeling	0	48	July 28, 2026
JAGS vs Stan performance - how to compare 'workflow efficiency'? General techniques	5	103	July 28, 2026
Random walk with positive differences and missing data Modeling fitting-issues , autoregressive-model	4	96	July 27, 2026
Passing a posterior distribution in as data to fix parameters in a subsequent model Modeling	2	112	July 27, 2026
Jacobian adjustment for parameters with parameter-based upper/lower bounds Modeling	4	58	July 27, 2026
Bayesplot mcmc_pairs divergences error General bayesplot	5	126	July 24, 2026
Comparing a poisson model to a betabinomial model using loo-cv Modeling	10	292	July 24, 2026
Difficulty adding loo criterion to longitudinal truncated normal model Modeling fitting-issues , specification , loo , brms	14	273	July 24, 2026
Shape constrained (e.g., monotonic) smooths in brms brms	14	1740	July 23, 2026
Posterior distribution and heterogeneity in Bayesian three-level meta-analysis with brms brms	0	61	July 21, 2026
Models where Stan outperforms Nutpie/Walnuts Algorithms	47	1849	July 21, 2026
Extremely slow phylogenetic mixed model in brms Modeling mixed-model , phylogenetic , brms	5	176	July 20, 2026
Trouble fitting random walk plus exponential error Modeling fitting-issues , autoregressive-model	2	111	July 19, 2026
Model selection using ELPD LOOIC Modeling loo	4	196	July 18, 2026
Lognormal family in brms brms	4	166	July 16, 2026
New User's Guide Intro, SEM, and user-defined constrained parameters chapters General docs	9	378	July 16, 2026
EIV model of temporal trend with Berkson-like error Modeling cmdstanr	4	128	July 15, 2026
LKJ prior throwing positivity exceptions Modeling fitting-issues	10	337	July 14, 2026
Using Laplace approximation for logistic normal multinomial model Modeling rstan , techniques , specification	15	579	July 14, 2026
Debugging a "stuck" sampler on a complex-ish model Modeling fitting-issues	9	299	July 14, 2026
Issues with phylogenetic model fit Modeling phylogenetic , brms	1	72	July 13, 2026
Multilevel multiresponse phylogenetic mixed models with brms Modeling techniques , specification , loo , brms	4	169	July 10, 2026
How can I deal with this heteroskedastic model? Modeling fitting-issues , brms	1	78	July 8, 2026
Vibe coded 3D Anaglyph animation of HMC General	0	114	July 8, 2026
"get_prior() shows only one group random intercept prior when using gr(by = ...), shouldn't there be two as this model assumes groups being drawn from separate distributions?" brms rstan , brms	0	54	July 8, 2026

StanCon 2026 registration and abstract submission are now open!

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