stan_utility.R

# Copyright: Michael Betancourt <https://betanalpha.github.io/writing/>
# License: BSD (3 clause)
# See also http://mc-stan.org/users/documentation/case-studies/rstan_workflow.html

#' Check transitions that ended with a divergence
check_div <- function(fit) {
  sampler_params <- get_sampler_params(fit, inc_warmup=FALSE)
  divergent <- do.call(rbind, sampler_params)[,'divergent__']
  n = sum(divergent)
  N = length(divergent)

  print(sprintf('%s of %s iterations ended with a divergence (%s%%)',
                n, N, 100 * n / N))
  if (n > 0)
    print('Try running with larger adapt_delta to remove the divergences')
}

# Check transitions that ended prematurely due to maximum tree depth limit
check_treedepth <- function(fit, max_depth = 10) {
  sampler_params <- get_sampler_params(fit, inc_warmup=FALSE)
  treedepths <- do.call(rbind, sampler_params)[,'treedepth__']
  n = length(treedepths[sapply(treedepths, function(x) x == max_depth)])
  N = length(treedepths)

  print(sprintf('%s of %s iterations saturated the maximum tree depth of %s (%s%%)',
                n, N, max_depth, 100 * n / N))
  if (n > 0)
    print('Run again with max_depth set to a larger value to avoid saturation')
}

# Checks the energy Bayesian fraction of missing information (E-BFMI)
check_energy <- function(fit) {
  sampler_params <- get_sampler_params(fit, inc_warmup=FALSE)
  for (n in 1:length(sampler_params)) {
    energies = sampler_params[n][[1]][,'energy__']
    numer = sum(diff(energies)**2) / length(energies)
    denom = var(energies)
    if (numer / denom < 0.2) {
        print(sprintf('Chain %s: E-BFMI = %s', n, numer / denom))
        print('E-BFMI below 0.2 indicates you may need to reparameterize your model')
    }
  }
}

# Returns parameter arrays separated into divergent and non-divergent transitions
partition_div <- function(fit) {
  nom_params <- extract(fit, permuted=FALSE)
  n_chains <- dim(nom_params)[2]
  params <- as.data.frame(do.call(rbind, lapply(1:n_chains, function(n) nom_params[,n,])))

  sampler_params <- get_sampler_params(fit, inc_warmup=FALSE)
  divergent <- do.call(rbind, sampler_params)[,'divergent__']
  params$divergent <- divergent

  div_params <- params[params$divergent == 1,]
  nondiv_params <- params[params$divergent == 0,]

  return(list(div_params, nondiv_params))
}