- Look up
prior in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term
prior may
refer to:
Prior (ecclesiastical), the head of a
priory (monastery)
Prior convictions...
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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,
simply called the
prior, is its ****umed
probability distribution before some
evidence is taken...
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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...
- 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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James Michael Leathes Prior,
Baron Prior, PC (11
October 1927 – 12
December 2016) was a
British Conservative Party politician. A
Member of
Parliament from...
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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...
- The
speed prior is a
complexity measure similar to
Kolmogorov complexity,
except that it is
based on com****tion
speed as well as
program length. The...
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David Prior may
refer to:
David Prior,
Baron Prior of
Brampton (born 1954),
British Conservative Party politician David Prior (musician) (born 1972),...
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Prior information may
refer to
Prior probability A
prior information notice (PIN)
issued in
advance of
procurement actions for the
purposes of government...
