Bayesian

[ bey-zee-uhn, -zhuhn ]

adjectiveStatistics.
  1. of or relating to statistical methods that regard parameters of a population as random variables having known probability distributions.

Origin of Bayesian

1
1960–65; Thomas Bayes (1702–61), English mathematician + -ian

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British Dictionary definitions for Bayesian

Bayesian

/ (ˈbeɪzɪən) /


adjective
  1. (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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