semimeasure

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noun

A function that assigns a non-negative number to each element of a set that is subadditive.

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Meanings

nounsemimeasure (plural semimeasures)

plural semimeasures

  1. mathematicsA function that assigns a non-negative number to each element of a set that is subadditive.

    A universal a priori semimeasure (also known as "algorithmic probability") is defined as the transformation, by a given universal monotone Turing machine, of the uniform measure on the infinite strings.

    2015, T.F. Sterkenburg, “A generalized characterization of algorithmic probability”, in arXiv

Origin

From semi- + measure.

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Chicago

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