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license: GPL-3.0-or-later
title: 'ernest: A Toolkit for Nested Sampling'
version: 1.2.4
doi: 10.1063/1.1835238
abstract: Bayesian evidence estimation and posterior inference with the nested sampling
  algorithm, described in Skilling (2006) <https://doi.org/10.1214/06-BA127> and Buchner
  (2023) <https://doi.org/10.1214/23-SS144>, along with S3 methods for simulating
  uncertainty and creating visualisations.
authors:
- family-names: Dewsnap
  given-names: Kyle
  email: kyle.dewsnap@ubc.ca
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2132-8083
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: Nested Sampling
  authors:
  - family-names: Skilling
    given-names: John
  journal: AIP Conference Proceedings
  year: '2004'
  volume: '735'
  issue: '1'
  doi: 10.1063/1.1835238
  start: 395–405
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/ropensci/ernest
commit: 1940c7cc45749b0d12253554c64e4259a7dffb34
url: https://docs.ropensci.org/ernest/
date-released: '2026-06-30'
contact:
- family-names: Dewsnap
  given-names: Kyle
  email: kyle.dewsnap@ubc.ca
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2132-8083
references:
- type: article
  title: Nested Sampling for General Bayesian Computation
  authors:
  - family-names: Skilling
    given-names: John
  journal: Bayesian Analysis
  year: '2006'
  volume: '1'
  issue: '4'
  doi: 10.1214/06-BA127
  start: 833–859