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Bayesian
[ bey-zee-uhn, -zhuhn ]
adjective
, Statistics.
- of or relating to statistical methods that regard parameters of a population as random variables having known probability distributions.
Bayesian
/ ˈbeɪzɪən /
adjective
- (of a theory) presupposing known a priori probabilities which may be subjectively assessed and which can be revised in the light of experience in accordance with Bayes' theorem. A hypothesis is thus confirmed by an experimental observation which is likely given the hypothesis and unlikely without it Compare maximum likelihood
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A good Bayesian--and aren't most of us are supposed to be good Bayesians these days?
From The Daily Beast
Darryl and I once tried to write our own better spam filter and when you filter spam, you need Bayesian math.
From Project Gutenberg
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