BAYES' THEOREM


Meaning of BAYES' THEOREM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbāz- ]

noun

Etymology: Thomas Bayes died 1761 English mathematician

Date: 1865

: a theorem about conditional probabilities: the probability that an event A occurs given that another event B has already occurred is equal to the probability that the event B occurs given that A has already occurred multiplied by the probability of occurrence of event A and divided by the probability of occurrence of event B

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