Spatial Models in Stan

In this project, we try and translate into Python the following case study by Mitzi Morris: "Spatial Models in Stan: Intrinsic Auto-Regressive Models for Areal Data"

References

• https://automating-gis-processes.github.io/2016/Lesson1-Intro-Python-GIS.html
• https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/244576/using-geopandas-to-create-a-graph/244891
• http://geopandas.org/ as spdep equivalent?

Setup

Initial install:

$ conda env create -f environment.yml
$ source activate spatial_stan

Update:

$ conda env update -f environment.yml

Remove:

$ conda remove -n spatial_stan --all

Notebooks

Notebook	Input data	Output data
Introduction