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Bayes’ theorem
Let be a sequence of mutually exclusive events whose union is the sample space and let be any event. All of the events have nonzero probability ( and for all ). Bayes’ Theorem states
for any .
A simpler formulation is:
For two events, and (also with nonzero probability).
References
- 1 Milton, J.S., Arnold, Jesse C., Introduction to Probability and Statistics: Principles and Applications for Engineering and the Computing Sciences, McGraw Hill, 1995.
Keywords:
statistics, Bayes
Related:
ConditionalProbability
Synonym:
Bayes' Rule
Type of Math Object:
Theorem
Major Section:
Reference
Mathematics Subject Classification
60-00 General reference works (handbooks, dictionaries, bibliographies, etc.)62A01 Foundations and philosophical topics
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