README.md

Bayesian autologistic model for linguistic typological features

About

Yugo Murawaki and Kenji Yamauchi. A Statistical Model for the Joint Inference of Vertical Stability and Horizontal Diffusibility of Typological Features. Journal of Language Evolution 3(1), pp. 13-25, 2018.

An earlier, non-Bayesian version of the code can be found at https://github.com/yustoris/autologistic-coling-2016.

Requirements

• Python3
  • numpy
  • networkx
  • matplotlib (for visualization)
  • WALS data (language.csv) should be downloaded to data/wals directory

How to Run the Model

Missing value imputation

make -j -f eval.make mvi OUTDIR=`pwd`/data/standardmodel

Parameter estimation

make -j -f eval.make param OUTDIR=`pwd`/data/standardmodel