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Commit bdba4189 authored by David Keitel's avatar David Keitel Committed by Colm Talbot
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DOC: clarify "acceptance-walk" in dynesty guide

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......@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ new point from the constrained prior. These can be specified using the
iterations of :code:`dynesty`. With this method, :code:`nact=2` often gives good
results, however, in some cases, a larger value may be required.
2. :code:`sample="acceptance-walk"`: with this method, the length of each MCMC
chain is predetermined. The specific length evolves during the run to yield an
2. :code:`sample="acceptance-walk"`: with this method, at each iteration all MCMC chains
are set to the same length. The specific length evolves during the run to yield an
average of :code:`naccept` accepted jumps during each chain. This method is well
suited to parallelised applications, as each MCMC chain will run for the same
amount of time. The value of :code:`naccept` should be tuned based on the
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