- Look up
prior in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term
prior may
refer to:
Prior (ecclesiastical), the head of a
priory (monastery)
Prior convictions...
- Mark
William Prior (born
September 7, 1980) is an
American former professional baseball pitcher and
current coach. A
onetime top
prospect of the Chicago...
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Madeleine Edith Prior MBE (born 14
August 1947) is an
English folk rock singer, best
known as the lead
vocalist of
Steeleye Span. She was born in Blackpool...
- A
prior probability distribution of an
uncertain quantity,
often simply called the
prior, is its ****umed
probability distribution before some evidence...
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probability distribution family as the
prior probability distribution p ( θ ) {\displaystyle p(\theta )} , the
prior and
posterior are then
called conjugate...
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Prior art (also
known as
state of the art or
background art) is a
concept in
patent law used to
determine the
patentability of an invention, in particular...
- In
Bayesian statistics, the
Jeffreys prior is a non-informative
prior distribution for a
parameter space.
Named after Sir
Harold Jeffreys, its density...
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Matthew Prior (21 July 1664 – 18
September 1721) was an
English poet and diplomat. He is also
known as a
contributor to The Examiner.
Prior was born in...
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Prior (or prioress) is an
ecclesiastical title for a
superior in some
religious orders. The word is
derived from the
Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its...
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James Michael Leathes Prior,
Baron Prior, PC (11
October 1927 – 12
December 2016) was a
British Conservative Party politician. A
Member of
Parliament from...