English Explanatory Dictionary

Jeffreys prior

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Bayesian probability, a non-informative (objective) prior distribution for a parameter space; it is proportional to the square root of the determinant of the Fisher information matrix.

Word forms

Jeffreys prior Jeffreys priors

Etymology

Named after Sir Harold Jeffreys.

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