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I am working on the file "Sessions/Session10/Day5/model_selection/model_comparison_tutorial.ipynb".
The first task is:
2. Evaluating a Simple Model
First, let's assume a simple model $H_1$, that the sampling distribution is an exponential:
Model 1: $P(y|a_1, H_1) = \frac{1}{a_1}e^{-y/a_1}$.
$y\geq0$
Our single parameter is $a_1$, the mean of the exponential distribution.
2a. Implementation in code
Complete the implementation of this model as a derived class of Model, below. Note than an ExponentialModel object still has all the methods defined for Model, in particular the ones that we don't need to redefine here.
Note that this includes choosing a reasonable prior for $a_1$. It should be a proper (normalizable) distribution. We don't want to deal with improper distributions when calculating the evidence later on.
Make sure you understand the workings of even the functions that are completely given.
Can you write Python program for it?

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#Here is the Python program you requested.

try:
    exec(open('solutions/exponentialmodel.py').read())
except IOError:
    REMOVE_THIS_LINE()

    class ExponentialModel(Model):
        """
        Simple exponential model for mis-centering.
        """
        def __init__(self):
            # Define any hyperparameters for the a1 prior here.
            # E.g., for uniform, something like "self.min_a1 = value" and "self.max_a1 = value"
            # More sophisticatedly, you could make these values arguments of __init__.
            REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_SOLUTION()
            # The next line finishes initialization by calling the parent class' __init__
            Model.__init__(self)

        def log_prior(self, a1):
            """
            Evaluate the log prior PDF P(a1|H)
            """
            REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_SOLUTION()

        def draw_samples_from_prior(self, N):
            """
            Return N samples of a1 from the prior PDF P(a1|H)
            """
            REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_SOLUTION()

        def log_likelihood(self, a1):
            """
            Evaluate the log of the likelihood function L(a1) = P(y|a1,H)
            Argument a1 is scalar.
            """
            return np.sum(st.expon.logpdf(y, scale=a1))

        def sampling_distribution(self, yy, a1):
            """
            Evaluate the sampling distribution P(yy|a,H) at a point in data space yy given parameter value a1
            We expect a vector input yy, and return the corresponding probabilities.
            
            Note: This is useful for making plots of "the model" overlaid on the histogram of the data
            """
            return st.expon.pdf(yy, scale=a1)

        def generate_replica_dataset(self, a1):
            """
            Draw a replica data set y_rep from the sampling distribution P(y_rep|a1,H).
            y_rep should have the same length as the true data set.
            Argument a1 is a scalar.
            """
            REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_SOLUTION()