@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ subtitle: "`r paste('Version', Sys.getenv('STAN_DOCS_VERSION'))`"
55author : " Stan Development Team"
66description : " Reference for the functions defined in the Stan math library and available in the Stan programming language."
77site : bookdown::bookdown_site
8+ cover-image : img/logo_tm.png
89documentclass : book
910bibliography : [../bibtex/all.bib]
1011biblio-style : apalike
@@ -13,11 +14,10 @@ fontsize: 10pt
1314monofont : " Lucida Console"
1415subparagraph : yes
1516---
16- # <i style =" font-size : 110% ; padding :1.5em 0 0 0 ; color :#990017 ;" >Overview</i > {-}
1717
18- < img style =" float : right ; margin : -2 em 0 em 4 em 4 em " src = " img/logo_tm.png " width = " 225 " alt = " Stan logo " />
18+ # < i style =" font-size : 110 % ; padding : 1.5 em 0 0 0 ; color : #990017 ; " >Overview</ i > {-}
1919
20- #### About {-}
20+ < img style = " float : right ; margin : -2 em 0 em 4 em 4 em " src = " https://mc-stan.org/images/stan_logo.png " width = " 225 " alt = " Stan logo " />
2121
2222This is the reference for the functions defined in the Stan math
2323library and available in the Stan programming language.
@@ -28,16 +28,29 @@ probability library, algorithms for Bayesian posterior inference and
2828posterior analysis, along with interfaces and analysis tools in all of
2929the popular data analysis languages.
3030
31+ In addition to this reference manual, there is a user's guide and
32+ a language reference manual for the Stan language and algorithms.
33+ The [ * Stan User's Guide* ] ( https://mc-stan.org/docs/stan-users-guide/index.html )
34+ provides example models and programming
35+ techniques for coding statistical models in Stan.
36+ The [ * Stan Reference Manual* ] ( https://mc-stan.org/docs/reference-manual/index.html )
37+ specifies the Stan programming language
38+ and inference algorithms.
39+
40+ There is also a separate installation and getting started guide for
41+ each of the Stan interfaces (R, Python, Julia, Stata, MATLAB,
42+ Mathematica, and command line).
3143
3244#### Interfaces and Platforms {-}
3345
3446Stan runs under Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
3547
3648Stan uses a domain-specific programming language that is portable
37- across data anlsysi languages. Stan has interfaces for R, Python,
49+ across data analysis languages. Stan has interfaces for R, Python,
3850Julia, MATLAB, Mathematica, Stata, and the command line, as well
39- as an alternative language interface in Scala. See the web
40- site (link below) for links and getting started instructions.
51+ as an alternative language interface in Scala. See the web site
52+ [ https://mc-stan.org ] ( https://mc-stan.org ) for interface-specific
53+ links and getting started instructions
4154
4255#### Web Site {-}
4356
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