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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions pymc/distributions/censored.py
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Expand Up @@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ class Censored(Distribution):

.. warning:: dist will be cloned, rendering it independent of the one passed as input.

lower : float or None
lower : float | int | array-like | None
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We use human readable hints in the docstrings. Should be something like tensor_like, optional

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@ricardoV94 Thank you so much sir for your suggestion, i will fix it.

Lower (left) censoring point. If `None` the distribution will not be left censored
upper : float or None
upper : float | int | array-like | None
Upper (right) censoring point. If `None`, the distribution will not be right censored.

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Expand All @@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ class Censored(Distribution):
with pm.Model():
normal_dist = pm.Normal.dist(mu=0.0, sigma=1.0)
censored_normal = pm.Censored("censored_normal", normal_dist, lower=-1, upper=1)

Partially censored vector using +/- inf masking:

>>> y = np.array([3.2, 10.5, 1.1, 14.4])
>>> lower = np.array([-np.inf, 9.0, -np.inf, 12.0])
>>> upper = np.array([ 4.0, np.inf, 2.5, np.inf])
>>> Censored("y_obs", pm.Normal.dist(mu=5, sigma=3), lower=lower, upper=upper, observed=y)
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This won't run because it's not in a model context. Also use same format as previous examples not with >>> for consistency

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@ricardoV94 Thank you so much sir for your suggestion , i will fix it really quick.

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rv_type = CensoredRV
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