polychord: next-generation nested sampling

polychord is a novel nested sampling algorithm tailored for high-dimensional parameter spaces. This paper coincides with the release of polychord v1.6, and provides an extensive account of the algorithm. polychord utilizes slice sampling at each iteration to sample within the hard likelihood constra...

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Published in:	Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 453; no. 4; pp. 4384 - 4398
Main Authors:	Handley, W. J., Hobson, M. P., Lasenby, A. N.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Oxford University Press 11.11.2015
Subjects:	Algorithms Astronomy Computation Cosmology Downloading Evolution Hierarchies Parallel processing Sampling methods: statistical methods: data analysis
ISSN:	0035-8711, 1365-2966
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