PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL IGNORANCE

  

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PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL IGNORANCE

Specialty Definition: PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL IGNORANCE

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Mathematics

In connection with the use of Bayes'formula, the absence of definitive information on prior probabilities generally leads to an assumption of equal ignorance, or a uniform distribution of prior probabilities. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL IGNORANCE

Language Translations for "PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL IGNORANCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

princippet om lige stort ukendskab. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

beginsel van uniforme voorverdeling. (various references)

   

German

  

Bayessches Postulat. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αρχή της ίσης άγνοιας. (various references)

   

Italian

  

principio di uguale ignoranza, principio di indifferenza. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inciplepray ofay equalay ignoranceay

   

Portuguese

  

princípio de indiferença. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

principio de razón insuficiente. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

principen om lika stor ovetskap. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Bibliography


  

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