The Theory That Would Not Die How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok. In the fir...

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Main Author:	McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven Yale University Press 17.05.2011
Subjects:	Bayesian statistical decision theory Bayesian statistical decision theory > History History History of Science & Technology MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / Bayesian Analysis SCIENCE / History
ISBN:	9780300169690, 0300169698, 9780300175097, 0300175094
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