Stan (software)

Stan
Original author(s)	Stan Development Team
Initial release	August 30, 2012
Stable release	2.35.0 / 3 June 2024
Repository	github.com/stan-dev/stan ;
Written in	C++
Operating system	Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Platform	Intel x86 - 32-bit, x64
Type	Statistical package
License	New BSD License
Website	mc-stan.org

Stan is a probabilistic programming language for statistical inference written in C++.^[2] The Stan language is used to specify a (Bayesian) statistical model with an imperative program calculating the log probability density function.^[2]

Stan is licensed under the New BSD License. Stan is named in honour of Stanislaw Ulam, pioneer of the Monte Carlo method.^[2]

Stan was created by a development team consisting of 34 members^[3] that includes Andrew Gelman, Bob Carpenter, Matt Hoffman, and Daniel Lee.

^ "Release 2.35.0". 3 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Stan Development Team. 2015. Stan Modeling Language User's Guide and Reference Manual, Version 2.9.0
^ "Development Team". stan-dev.github.io. Retrieved 2018-07-25.