On universal prediction and Bayesian confirmation
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On universal prediction and Bayesian confirmation
The Bayesian framework is a well-studied and successful framework for inductive reasoning, which includes hypothesis testing and confirmation, parameter estimation, sequence prediction, classification, and regression. But standard statistical guidelines for choosing the model class and prior are not always available or can fail, in particular in complex situations. Solomonoff completed the Baye...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Theoretical Computer Science
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0304-3975
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2007.05.016