initial probability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandprobability
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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probability
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌprɒb.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌprɑː.bəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the level of possibility of something happening or ...
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(Definition ofinitialandprobabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In this case, theinitialprobabilityof innocence, while marginally below 1.0, would still be extraordinarily high.
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Each state was assigned aninitialprobability, representing the distribution of a hypothetical cohort.
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This step was repeated 108 times to get rid of any biases introduced by theinitialprobabilitydistribution.
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Second, analysts must take theinitialprobabilityof each event into account.
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The system ends in a linear combination of states that sum to reproduce theinitialprobabilitydensity.
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The fact that the host subsequently reveals a goat in one of the unchosen doors changes nothing about theinitialprobability.
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The initial pairs represent the tentative head-dependent relations, and the initial probabilities of the pairs can be given randomly.
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The initial probabilities of the dependencies can be given randomly.
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For adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps, initial probabilities were estimated to be 25% and 5%, respectively (34;38).
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A universal prior insures that although two agents may have differentinitialprobabilitydistributions for the data input, the difference will be bounded by a constant.
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Initial probabilities and conditional probabilities are calculated using either percentages or factor numbers equivalent to percentages.
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Since the information content depends on initial probabilities, a positive test can either be highly informative or uninformative.
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