Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: “The following code example can be found in the Code_Examples_Chap5.ipynb notebook in the GitHub repository.”

A block of code is set as follows:

map_estimate = minimize(neg_log_posterior,
                        x0,
                        method='BFGS',
                        options={'disp': True})
# Convert from logit(p) to p
p_optimal = np.exp(map_estimate['x'][0])/ (
    1.0 + np.exp(map_estimate['x'][0]))
print("MAP estimate of success probability = ", p_optimal)

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: “The name ARIMA stands for Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average models.”

Tips or important notes

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