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Chapter 00: Introduction

library(glmbayes)
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1 Chapter 00: Introduction

This vignette introduces glmbayes, a package for fitting Bayesian generalized linear models via efficient envelope-based sampling. The vignette series is organized into five main parts and a set of technical appendices. You will move from basic installation and first models, through linear and generalized linear models, to advanced prior structures, dispersion modeling, and GPU-accelerated computation. The appendices document the underlying simulation methods and implementation details. The envelope sampling methodology builds on the likelihood subgradient framework of (Nygren and Nygren 2006).

1.1 Part 1: An Introduction

These chapters provide a high-level overview of the package, its design philosophy, and the basic workflow for fitting Bayesian linear and generalized linear models.

1.2 Part 2: Estimating Bayesian Linear Models

This part focuses on Bayesian linear regression under the Gaussian family and identity link. It establishes the foundational ideas in a setting where exact multivariate normal posteriors are available.

1.3 Part 3: Generalized Linear Models

This part presents Bayesian GLMs across the major likelihood families, including Binomial, quasi-Binomial, Poisson, quasi-Poisson, and Gamma models. It emphasizes link functions, log-concavity, and practical posterior interpretation.

1.4 Part 4: Advanced Topics

These chapters explore more complex modeling scenarios and computational strategies, including informative priors, unknown dispersion parameters, hierarchical (random effects) models, and GPU-accelerated envelope construction.

1.5 Part 5: Simulation Methods and Technical Implementation

The appendices document the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of the samplers used in glmbayes, including likelihood subgradient methods, envelope construction, and accept-reject schemes for both regression and dispersion parameters.

Together, these chapters and appendices form a coherent progression: from basic usage and model specification, through applied Bayesian GLMs, to the mathematical and computational details that underlie the envelope-based samplers and GPU-accelerated implementations in glmbayes.

References

Nygren, K. N., and L. M. Nygren. 2006. “Likelihood Subgradient Densities.” Journal of the American Statistical Association 101 (475): 1144–56. https://doi.org/10.1198/016214506000000357.

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