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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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