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Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) is a powerful and accurate method to sample from the posterior distribution in Bayesian inference. However, HMC techniques are computationally demanding for Bayesian neural networks due to the high…

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We use the projected correlation function w_p(r_p) of a volume-limited subsample of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) main galaxy redshift catalogue to measure the halo occupation distribution (HOD) of the galaxies of the sample.…

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