beta distribution

collocation in English

meaningsofbetaanddistribution

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beta
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈbiː.tə/us
/ˈbeɪ.t̬ə/
Beta software is at the second stage ...
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distribution
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us
/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
the process of giving things out to several people, or spreading or ...
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However, in practice there are certain advantages to using what is known as thebetadistributionin the two state case.
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Abetadistributionwas used to reflect the uncertainty in this estimate.
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If the equilibrium is not reached, estimates of selection coefficient orbetadistributionparameters may be more or less biased.
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In particular, the paper focuses on the open motion curve fit, relating the open motion velocity curve to thebetadistribution.
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Our prior uncertainty about the true value of is modeled using abetadistribution.
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Abetadistributionwas used to reflect uncertainty of the point estimate.
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In this case we use a noninformativebetadistributionas our prior probability.
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It may be more appropriate to use a function of the number of genotyped individuals as the first parameter in thebetadistribution.
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Clearly, the result after sampling remains abetadistribution.
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All major computer spreadsheet programs have statistical functions built in for thebetadistribution.
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We specified our prior uncertainty about this probability using abetadistribution.
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The two rectangular nodes are the constant parameters of thebetadistributiondiscussed in the text.
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The probability of a complicated treatment course is also represented by a stochastic node to which we assign abetadistribution.
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In each case, the expected distribution (if s follows abetadistribution) is shown as a solid line, and the negative binomial distribution is shown as a dashed line.
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Betadistributionis used for utility-related parameters.
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However, thebetadistributionmay still apply depending on the project managers judgment.
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Both are in turn special cases of the even more general "generalizedbetadistributionof the second kind".
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Thebetadistributionhas been applied to model the behavior of random variables limited to intervals of finite length in a wide variety of disciplines.
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Thebetadistributionis a suitable model for the random behavior of percentages and proportions.
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