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Use gaussian likelihood

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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
jupyter-notebook
Domain
data

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Locate the number-count likelihood, then determine how a covariance matrix can be estimated from the data; the work is done when the likelihood uses that Gaussian covariance consistently.

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Description

Use gaussian likelihood for number counts, it will require a covariance matrix.
In a first approach, it can just be estimated from the data.

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