Bayesian
[ bey-zee-uh n, -zhuh n ]
/ ˈbeɪ zi ən, -ʒən /
adjective Statistics.
of or relating to statistical methods that regard parameters of a population as random variables having known probability distributions.
Origin of Bayesian
1960–65; Thomas
Bayes (1702–61), English mathematician +
-ian
Example sentences from the Web for bayesian
A good Bayesian--and aren't most of us are supposed to be good Bayesians these days?
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British Dictionary definitions for bayesian
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