.. _method-bayes_calibration-posterior_stats:

"""""""""""""""
posterior_stats
"""""""""""""""


Compute information-theoretic metrics on posterior parameter distribution


.. toctree::
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   method-bayes_calibration-posterior_stats-kl_divergence
   method-bayes_calibration-posterior_stats-mutual_info
   method-bayes_calibration-posterior_stats-kde


**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* None


**Child Keywords:**

+-------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Required/Optional       | Description of     | Dakota Keyword     | Dakota Keyword Description                  |
|                         | Group              |                    |                                             |
+=========================+====================+====================+=============================================+
| Optional                                     | `kl_divergence`__  | Calculate the Kullback-Leibler Divergence   |
|                                              |                    | between prior and posterior                 |
+----------------------------------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Optional                                     | `mutual_info`__    | Calculate the mutual information between    |
|                                              |                    | prior and posterior                         |
+----------------------------------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Optional                                     | `kde`__            | Calculate the Kernel Density Estimate of    |
|                                              |                    | the posterior distribution                  |
+----------------------------------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------+

.. __: method-bayes_calibration-posterior_stats-kl_divergence.html
__ method-bayes_calibration-posterior_stats-mutual_info.html
__ method-bayes_calibration-posterior_stats-kde.html



**Description**