probability distribution

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The team derived their quantum Bayes' rule by maximizing the fidelity between two objects that represent the forward and the reverse process, in analogy with a classical joint probability distribution.

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025

A classical computer is then used to calculate an energy expectation value of the cost function using this new probability distribution.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

If Alice uses steganography to send an encoded message to Bob, that message will have its own probability distribution.

From Scientific American • Jun. 15, 2023

It comes from constructing what’s called a probability distribution, and requires some basic grade-school statistics.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

Your chances of a 4 coming up only twice are a little harder to calculate unless you use the binomial probability distribution mentioned in Chapter 1, which I’ll derive again in this context.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos