Definition of Bayesian in English:
Bayesian
adjective ˈbeɪzɪənˈbeɪziən
Statistics Relating to or denoting statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you are already familiar with the principles of Bayesian statistics, you will probably have no trouble understanding the derivation.
- As long as new learning problems exist, there will be a need for Bayesian engineers to solve them.
- Bayesian networks may be a good method to use when the observed inputs of user information contain uncertainty.
- The Bayesian statistical method works on the premise of dividing emails into categories.
- The standard Bayesian recipe is to predict the probability of each possibility and then choose the possibility which minimizes the expected loss.
noun ˈbeɪzɪənˈbeɪziən
Statistics A follower of statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem.
there is no general agreement among Bayesians about how to resolve this problem
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't consider myself a Bayesian.
- There is no general agreement among Bayesians about how to resolve this problem.
- Mortgage managers aren't fools, just Bayesians responding to evidence.
- If a learning problem must be solved a Bayesian should probably be working on it.
- What the Bayesians give us is a theory of learning.
Origin
1950s: from Bayes (see Bayes' theorem) + -ian.