: being, relating to, or involving statistical methods that assign probabilities or distributions to events (such as rain tomorrow) or parameters (such as a population mean) based on experience or best guesses before experimentation and data collection and that apply Bayes' theorem to revise the probabilities and distributions after obtaining experimental data
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The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval.
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Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
The research team used a type of statistical analysis, known as the Bayesian approach, to test the autosomal DNA of 9,855 remains spanning millennia across Earth, the study said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
This social data was combined with a phylogenetic tree — also known as an evolutionary tree — as well as with data on the body mass of these ancestors estimated from younger fossils, and finally processed through a Bayesian phylogenetic model.
—Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
The app is powered by a probabilistic reasoning system using Bayesian methods, one of the core concepts for computer science and AI.
—Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
There continues to be value in the traditional approach of linear regressions, especially for tools such as revenue management and evaluating in-fill locations, especially as the Bayesian models continue to evolve and improve.
—Sourav Goswami, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
But in many feats of machine learning, for which Bayesian probability theory often serves as the inferential engine, the prior assumptions instilled by a model’s architects play a critical role in its interpretation of its observations.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
One such initiative at Boston University’s Ecological Forecasting Laboratory involves using the Cary Institute’s long-term tick data to train a type of probability model called a Bayesian network.
—Kat Eschner, Scientific American, 7 July 2022
This study uses a powerful statistical technique called Bayesian analysis.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2021
Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
The research team used a type of statistical analysis, known as the Bayesian approach, to test the autosomal DNA of 9,855 remains spanning millennia across Earth, the study said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
This social data was combined with a phylogenetic tree — also known as an evolutionary tree — as well as with data on the body mass of these ancestors estimated from younger fossils, and finally processed through a Bayesian phylogenetic model.
—Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
The app is powered by a probabilistic reasoning system using Bayesian methods, one of the core concepts for computer science and AI.
—Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
There continues to be value in the traditional approach of linear regressions, especially for tools such as revenue management and evaluating in-fill locations, especially as the Bayesian models continue to evolve and improve.
—Sourav Goswami, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
But in many feats of machine learning, for which Bayesian probability theory often serves as the inferential engine, the prior assumptions instilled by a model’s architects play a critical role in its interpretation of its observations.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
One such initiative at Boston University’s Ecological Forecasting Laboratory involves using the Cary Institute’s long-term tick data to train a type of probability model called a Bayesian network.
—Kat Eschner, Scientific American, 7 July 2022
This study uses a powerful statistical technique called Bayesian analysis.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2021
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“Bayesian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bayesian. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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