The theory that would not die : how Bayes' rule cracked the enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, & emerged triumphant from two centuries of controversy /

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"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 t...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Sujets:
Bayes, Thomas, > (1702-1761) > Critique et interprétation.
Bayesian statistical decision theory > History.
Théorie de la décision bayésienne > Histoire.
SCIENCE > History.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
MATHEMATICS > Probability & Statistics > Bayesian Analysis.
Mathematics.
Bayesian statistical decision theory.
Bayes-Regel
Methode van Bayes.
Statistique bayésienne > Histoire.
Statistiques > Histoire.
Beslutsteori > matematisk statistik.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • pt. 1. Enlightenment and the Anti-Bayesian reaction
  • pt. 2. Second World War era
  • pt. 3. The glorious revival
  • pt. 4. To prove its worth
  • pt. 5. Victory 211.

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