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Metropolis-Hastings algorithm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Markov chain Monte Carlo method for obtaining a sequence of random samples from a probability distribution from which direct sampling is difficult.

Word forms

Metropolis-Hastings algorithm the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm

Etymology

Named after Nicholas Metropolis and W. K. Hastings.

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