hyperprior

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noun

A prior distribution on a hyperparameter.

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Meanings

nounhyperprior (plural hyperpriors)

plural hyperpriors

  1. mathematicsA prior distribution on a hyperparameter.

    If we have a hyperprior for λ, the extension is quite easy: we can sample from this hyperprior, apply the procedure for each sample based on p(w; λ), and average over samples.

    2007, Brian D. Ripley, Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 166

Origin

From hyper- + prior.

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