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
The researchers have fed all the variables into the models, and developed a probability distribution for how conditions might develop in the future.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 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
On the basis of the binomial probability distribution and the 1/12,000,000 figure, this probability can be determined to be about 8 percent—small, but certainly allowing for reasonable doubt.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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