Bayesian stats book banned in China

Re:Bayesian stats book banned in China by lightoverhead on Monday January 10, 2011 @12:49PM (#2089126)

what do you think?

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Re:Bayesian stats book banned in China by gort on Monday January 10, 2011 @12:52PM (#2089138)

I think it's not immediately obvious why they would.

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Re:Bayesian stats book banned in China by lightoverhead on Monday January 10, 2011 @12:57PM (#2089151)

I agree, it's not immediate application. But Bayesian is one of the most important or fundamental knowledge to develop these cutting-edge technologies.

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Re:Bayesian stats book banned in China by yters on Monday January 10, 2011 @02:06PM (#2089366)

How? I'm experienced with spacecraft design and the like, and have never heard of Bayesian probability theory being used. If it was fundamental I'd expect some mention, somewhere.

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Re:Bayesian stats book banned in China by eru on Monday January 10, 2011 @03:13PM (#2089581)

If you look hard enough, you can find it in e.g. (linear) regressions and Kalman filtering.

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