Blackjax SMC from pymc models (#267)

* Blackjax SMC from pymc models

* Pre-commit

* code review updates, removing chex, simplifying kernel call code

* trying experimental jax version on windows

* Removing extra comment

* code review updates

* Adding reference

* Update sampling.py

small fix docstring

* pre-commit

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Co-authored-by: Osvaldo A Martin <[email protected]>

Author: ciguaran

conda-envs/windows-environment-test.yml

@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ dependencies:
 - statsmodels
 - pip:
   - pymc>=5.9.0  # CI was failing to resolve
+  - blackjax
   - scikit-learn

pymc_experimental/inference/smc/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#   Copyright 2023 The PyMC Developers
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.