The R Journal: article published in 2021, volume 13:2

bssm: Bayesian Inference of Non-linear and Non-Gaussian State Space Models in R
Jouni Helske and Matti Vihola , The R Journal (2021) 13:2, pages 578-589.

Abstract We present an R package bssm for Bayesian non-linear/non-Gaussian state space modeling. Unlike the existing packages, bssm allows for easy-to-use approximate inference based on Gaussian approximations such as the Laplace approximation and the extended Kalman filter. The package also accommodates discretely observed latent diffusion processes. The inference is based on fully automatic, adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) on the hyperparameters, with optional importance sampling post-correction to eliminate any approximation bias. The package also implements a direct pseudo-marginal MCMC and a delayed acceptance pseudo-marginal MCMC using intermediate approximations. The package offers an easy-to-use interface to define models with linear-Gaussian state dynamics with non-Gaussian observation models and has an Rcpp interface for specifying custom non-linear and diffusion models.

Received: 2021-03-01; online 2021-12-15, supplementary material, (2.2 KiB)
CRAN packages: bssm, Rcpp, pomp, rbi, nimbleSMC, rstan, ramcmc, RcppArmadillo, KFAS, sde, coda, ggplot2, dplyr
CRAN Task Views implied by cited CRAN packages: TimeSeries, Bayesian, DifferentialEquations, NumericalMathematics, Databases, Finance, GraphicalModels, HighPerformanceComputing, ModelDeployment, Phylogenetics, TeachingStatistics

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@article{RJ-2021-103,
  author = {Jouni Helske and Matti Vihola},
  title = {{bssm: Bayesian Inference of Non-linear and Non-Gaussian
          State Space Models in R}},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {{The R Journal}},
  doi = {10.32614/RJ-2021-103},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2021-103},
  pages = {578--589},
  volume = {13},
  number = {2}
}