Improve convergence on MCMC for Challenger example.

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Improve convergence on MCMC for Challenger example. #450

Closed mikeshwe closed 5 years ago

mikeshwe commented 5 years ago

Use AffineScalar bijector for alpha, and increase num_leapfrog_steps. Also, throughout the chapter, slight re-factoring on code, including more descriptive names for variables.

CamDavidsonPilon commented 5 years ago

👍 looks good, thanks @mikeshwe!