The theory that would not die : how Bayes' rule cracked the enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, & emerged triumphant from two centuries of controversy /

"Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok. In t...

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Үндсэн зохиолч: McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch (Зохиогч)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Хэл сонгох:англи
Хэвлэсэн: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Онлайн хандалт:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=366480
Агуулга:
  • pt. 1. Enlightenment and the Anti-Bayesian reaction
  • pt. 2. Second World War era
  • pt. 3. The glorious revival
  • pt. 4. To prove its worth
  • pt. 5. Victory 211.