A priori probability
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
of an event
The probability of the event, considered in contrast to the conditional probability of the same event under certain additional conditions. The latter is called the a posteriori probability. This terminology is, as a rule, used in connection with the Bayes formula.
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A priori probability. Yu.V. Prokhorov (originator), Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=A_priori_probability&oldid=17745
A priori probability. Yu.V. Prokhorov (originator), Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=A_priori_probability&oldid=17745
This text originally appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098