Bayesian
Bayesian refers to methods in probability and statistics named after Thomas Bayes (c. 1702–61), in particular methods related to statistical inference:
- Bayesian probability or degree-of-belief interpretation of probability, as opposed to frequency or proportion or propensity interpretations
- Bayes' theorem on conditional probability
- Bayesian inference
These methods include:
- Bayes estimator
- Bayes factor
- Bayesian average
- Bayesian spam filtering
- Bayesian game
- Bayesian information criterion
- Bayesian multivariate linear regression
- Bayesian linear regression, a special case
- Bayesian network
- Empirical Bayes method
- Naive Bayes classifier
- Bayesian econometrics
- Bayesian experimental design
- Bayesian inference in phylogeny
- Bayesian search theory
- Bayesian vector autoregression
Bayesian also refers to the application of this probability theory to the functioning of the brain:
Bayesian methods have been also applied to the interpretation of quantum mechanics:
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