Definition:Posterior Probability Distribution
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Definition
In the context of Bayesian inference, a posterior probability distribution is a probability distribution which is determined as a result of an experiment, or sequence of experiments, combined with a prior probability distribution.
Also see
- Results about posterior probability distributions can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Bayesian inference
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): posterior distribution
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): posterior distribution