: 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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Knowledge, in the Bayesian model, is always provisional, a process of updating one’s beliefs in light of new evidence.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Other examples of the part that classical AI plays in the operation of quantum computers include reinforcement learning algorithms for optimizing pulse sequences for quantum gates and Bayesian models to assist in Hamiltonian learning and quantum control.
—Paul Lipman, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Once the Bayesian superyacht is righted on the seabed and lifted to the surface of the water, it will either be towed, carried, or sailed to a secure port depending on the condition of the hull.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
Dramatic New Details Released in Sudden Sinking of Bayesian Yacht That Killed 7
In a statement released Tuesday, May 13, White House Spokesperson Kush Desai celebrated the decrease in egg prices.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 15 May 2025
Unlike Bayesian statistics, frequentist statistics does not concern itself with priors.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The Bayesian mathematical approach involves making inferences about probabilities based on available information.
—Beth C. Caldwell, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
The researchers collaborated with a team in South Korea, and applied what's known as the multi-objective Bayesian optimization machine learning algorithm.
—New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2025
The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
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Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Other examples of the part that classical AI plays in the operation of quantum computers include reinforcement learning algorithms for optimizing pulse sequences for quantum gates and Bayesian models to assist in Hamiltonian learning and quantum control.
—Paul Lipman, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Once the Bayesian superyacht is righted on the seabed and lifted to the surface of the water, it will either be towed, carried, or sailed to a secure port depending on the condition of the hull.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
Dramatic New Details Released in Sudden Sinking of Bayesian Yacht That Killed 7
In a statement released Tuesday, May 13, White House Spokesperson Kush Desai celebrated the decrease in egg prices.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 15 May 2025
Unlike Bayesian statistics, frequentist statistics does not concern itself with priors.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The Bayesian mathematical approach involves making inferences about probabilities based on available information.
—Beth C. Caldwell, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
The researchers collaborated with a team in South Korea, and applied what's known as the multi-objective Bayesian optimization machine learning algorithm.
—New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2025
The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Bayesian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bayesian. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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