Install and use CmdStanR

CmdStanR is the R interface to CmdStan. Using CmdStanR has certain advantages over rstan, including


 * Compatibility with the latest version of Stan.
 * Fewer unexpected crashes in RStudio.
 * Fewer installation issues.
 * Less memory overhead.

Follow the instructions below to install and use CmdStanR. Go here for more information.


 * 1) Install the cmdstanr package from the R command line:
 * 2) Check that the C++ toolchain required for Stan is set up correctly:
 * 3) If your toolchain is set up correctly, install CmdStan:
 * 4) Compile a Stan model:
 * 5) View the model's Stan specification:
 * 6) Fit the model:
 * 7) Run fit diagnostics:
 * 8) Summarize the fit:
 * 9) Create a stanfit object in order to apply rstan functionality to the fit:
 * 10) Do stuff with the stanfit object: