probabilistic inference

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probabilistic
adjective
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/ˌprɒb.ə.bəlˈɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌprɑː.bə.bəlˈɪs.tɪk/
based on or relating to how likely it is that something will ...
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inference
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.fər.əns/us
/ˈɪn.fɚ.əns/
a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that ...
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Methods of reasoning include logical inference,probabilisticinference, alternative outcome inference, and decisiontheoretic inference.
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This approach fits within our ongoing research objective of combining abductive andprobabilisticinference.
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With this elimination step the originalprobabilisticinferencetask becomes a pure optimization problem which can be solved either symbolically or numerically.
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During the last two decades there has been a steadily expanding interest in the use of rigorousprobabilisticinferenceas a technique for the development of expert systems.
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Several algorithms operate on this network, the central one being a combination of aprobabilisticinference engine and a custom version of evolutionary programming.
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This process of computing the "posterior" distribution of variables given evidence is calledprobabilisticinference.
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In another study, the researchers have found that action video game experience is shown to improve traineesprobabilisticinference.
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Likewise, machines can be programmed to operate onprobabilisticinferenceof near certainty.
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But such verbal frames may also facilitate normative probabilistic inferences.
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As is evident from the characterization above, the field is not strictly limited to learning aspects; it is equally concerned with reasoning (specificallyprobabilisticinference) and knowledge representation.
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Regarded as accounts of a single mechanism, they certainly are: picking up invariants is one thing, while making probabilistic inferences is quite another.
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