The theory that would not die how Bayes' rule cracked the enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, and 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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Main Author:	McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Bayesian statistical decision theory > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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