Phylogenetic models in WebPPL

To install and use the models in WebPPL, the following packages have been provided:

• phywppl main package containing the models (implemented in WebPPL)
• phyjs dependency package with shared library functions (implemented in JavaScript)

Installing phylogenetic WebPPL (phywppl)

An npm package phywppl has been provided. To install it:

1. Download and install Node, if it has not been installed already.
2. Download and install WebPPL, if it has not been installed already.
3. Download this repository (see above), if it has not been downloaded already.
4. Change to the phywppl/phywppl package directory:

cd phywppl/phywppl

5. Install dependency packages phyjs (local) and shelljs:

npm install ../phyjs
npm install shelljs

Now, all WebPPL programs from the paper can be run from the shell with the tools that are found in the repository. Consult the phywppl README for instructions.