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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions pymc/tuning/starting.py
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Expand Up @@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ def find_MAP(
Parameters
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start: `dict` of parameter values (Defaults to `model.initial_point`)
These values will be fixed and used for any free RandomVariables that are
not being optimized.
Starting point for the maximization.
Any free RandomVariables that are not being optimized, will be fixed to the start values.
vars: list of TensorVariable
List of free RandomVariables to optimize the posterior with respect to.
Defaults to all continuous RVs in a model. The respective value variables
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