STAN VERSION 1.3.0 README
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Stan is a C++ library for probability, optimization and sampling.

 
Stan License
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Stan is licensed under the new BSD license (3 clause):

  $STAN/licenses/stan-license.txt


Dependencies
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The test, build, run-time dependencies and their licenses are in:

  $STAN/licenses/dependencies.txt


Documentation
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Stan's user's guide and reference manual, including installation 
instructions and a quick start guide, are in:

  $STAN/doc/stan-reference.pdf

Stan's C++ API guide is in:

  $STAN/doc/api/html/index.html


Building Stan
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Stan uses GNU make for builds, with top-level makefile:

  $STAN/makefile

The make targets for building and testing are displayed by:

  > cd $STAN
  > make help


Demos
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For examples of Stan models, including implementations of the BUGS demos:

  $STAN/src/models