Dirichlet distribution

noun

Any of a family of continuous multivariate probability distributions parameterized by a vector of positive reals.

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Meanings

nounDirichlet distribution (plural Dirichlet distributions)

plural Dirichlet distributions

  1. mathematicsAny of a family of continuous multivariate probability distributions parameterized by a vector of positive reals.
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