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A comment on David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms: The Book.

Re:David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning... by ckrapu on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @07:29PM (#34620302)
This book shows up every year or so on HN and I will never stop upvoting it. My favorite textbook of all time, along with my favorite quote:

“Marginalization is a macho activity, appropriate only for those fluent in definite integration”

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Re:David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning... by agileAlligator on Thursday February 02, 2023 @04:15PM (#34633157)
"Exact marginalization over continuous parameters is a macho activity enjoyed by those who are fluent in definite integration."

http://www.inference.org.uk/itprnn/book.pdf#page=331

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