4 Pull requests merged by 3 people

• Create native Dirichlet multinomial family

  #1729 merged Feb 3, 2025

• Align step() with Stan and add int_step()

  #1735 merged Feb 1, 2025

• Generalize mi predictor terms

  #1733 merged Jan 31, 2025

• Use random effects as predictors in formula via 're' terms

  #1687 merged Jan 29, 2025

4 Issues closed by 2 people

• creating a custom_family with a categorical-like response (e.g., Dirichlet-multinomial)

  #1728 closed Feb 3, 2025

• Mismatch of `step(0)` value between Stan and `brms`

  #1734 closed Feb 1, 2025

• `stanvar` generated integer array uses outdated Stan syntax

  #1732 closed Jan 31, 2025

• brm ignores chains option for pathfinder, always does single chain

  #1730 closed Jan 31, 2025

5 Issues opened by 4 people

• Correct way to predict from approximate GP terms?

  #1739 opened Feb 5, 2025

• [Bug] Random effect in a non-linear ordinal model not compiling

  #1738 opened Feb 5, 2025

• [Bug] Variable name generation within brms/get_prior() differs between base R and RMarkdown.

  #1737 opened Feb 4, 2025

• [Feature request] Visualizing (different) priors

  #1736 opened Feb 4, 2025

• [Feature request] Specify models with mathematical notation

  #1731 opened Jan 29, 2025

3 Unresolved conversations

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• Add `weights` argument to `gr()`, for #1719

  #1727 commented on Feb 3, 2025 • 13 new comments

• Feature request: Allow weights to also be specified at group level

  #1719 commented on Feb 3, 2025 • 0 new comments

• lprior argument to prior, enabling separate lprior variables

  #1724 commented on Feb 3, 2025 • 0 new comments