probabilistic
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- adjective
- /ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪstɪk/
- Specialized
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probabilístico
- Scientists often use probabilistic methods to forecast the weather and predict future climates.
- probabilistic modeling
- probabilistic model
- probabilistic methods
We just want to make sure that it's a simple probabilistic branching yes or no.
- We just want to make sure that it's a simple probabilistic branching yes or no.
- John Cleary was trying to do much more ambitious probabilistic AGI systems.
- And so sadly, at the moment, what we have is a probabilistic primality test.
- Do you think of predicates as somehow probabilistic in nature or is this binary?
- I don't necessarily think the underlying physics is probabilistic.
- And the reason for this is that quantum mechanics is a theory in which we can only make probabilistic predictions.
- So the regular theory is probabilistic, chance is fundamental, uncertainty is fundamental, statistics is necessary.
- So that could be through the realm of like probable probabilistic games like dice.
- That world just got a fuck ton more probabilistic because we now it's a universe, right?
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And the reason for this is that quantum mechanics is a theory in which we can only make probabilistic predictions.
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In machine learning, we often seek maximum likelihood estimates for the parameters in our probabilistic models.
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We're going to need some way of understanding what this probabilistic talk is about.
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One might imagine, though, the design of a probabilistic model drawing on new research.
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The level of uncertainty in inferring this link is resolved by using probabilistic learning models.
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The resource assessment proceeded from a probabilistic description of the geologic parameters of each play.
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A second line of research has studied extensions of probabilistic graphical models to capture sets of probability distributions.
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We conducted multivariable probabilistic uncertainty analyses using @RISK version 4.5 for Excel.
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In finance, investors rely on probabilistic analyses to assess the likelihood of different market outcomes.
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The researchers presented a probabilistic model to explain how species evolve over time under uncertain conditions.
Synonyms
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Happening without a plan and by chance
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Having events or results that happen by chance you cannot predict
Having no single predictable result because chance affects it
Likely to involve risk or an uncertain result
Antonyms
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- Specialized
A model that gives the chance of each possible class for an input, for example whether an email is spam
How Probabilistic
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Etymology
Probabilistic comes from the word probable and the Latin root probare, which means 'to test' or 'prove'. That is why probabilistic describes thinking that uses chances and what is 'likely' rather than what is certain.