Support backpropagation through unfold and recurse

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Description

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Research direction

Investigate the implementations of unfold and recurse in the source files, understand the current lack of backpropagation support, and explore how to add gradient computation for these constructs.

Tech stack

julia

Domain

machine learningai

Issue type

Feature

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

3

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

3-5 days

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Active

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

Clear

Prerequisites

JuliaProbabilistic programming

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

30