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McMc is bullshit to begin with. Too slow…and alternatives are better for many reasons. It should not be the standard method taught to students when it comes to Bayesian Inference.


Why is there no mention of using a generating function approach to calculate the analytical function?


Knuth shows that technique in TAOCP, vol-1. It was on the longer side and I didn't want to reproduce it in the interest of space and time. I was more focused on the matrix form.


Why is there no mention of a generating function approach to derive the analytical form?


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