Solomonoff induction

noun

A form of induction, involving Bayes' theorem, that derives the posterior probability of any computable theory, given a sequence of observed data.

Meanings

nounSolomonoff induction (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputerA form of induction, involving Bayes' theorem, that derives the posterior probability of any computable theory, given a sequence of observed data.

Origin

Introduced by Ray Solomonoff.

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