How Bayesian Inference Works (2016)

Re:How Bayesian Inference Works (2016) by j7ake on Saturday May 27, 2017 @05:08PM (#14431989)

Often people avoid a fully Bayes treatment of a problem in order to make the problem more efficient. A full Bayes treatment can be much less efficient than a more "shortcut" approach, such as Empirical Bayes.

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Re:How Bayesian Inference Works (2016) by sjg007 on Saturday May 27, 2017 @11:59PM (#14433027)

Considering these priors, Bayesian inference quantitates your ignorance.

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Re:How Bayesian Inference Works (2016) by gugagore on Sunday May 28, 2017 @09:20AM (#14434285)

Perhaps they meant "data efficient" as opposed to "computationally efficient".

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