probability theory
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- noun
- /ˌprɒb.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti ˈθɪə.ri/
- Specialized
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teoría de la probabilidad
- Understanding probability theory is essential for making informed predictions about random events.
But The thing is that according to standard probability theory, this is like kind of a nonsense question.
- But The thing is that according to standard probability theory, this is like kind of a nonsense question.
- It's mostly statistics and some some probability theory.
- But we then moved quickly to probability theory.
- Yeah, so, so yeah, anyway, I mean Andre, John Andreas had his probability theory based reinforcement learning proto AGI.
Examples
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Although risk estimates are grounded in factual data, they involve the application of probability theory and subjective judgment; thus, computed risk should not be viewed as an exact representation of certainty.
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Thus, they started to employ the concepts and techniques of probability theory to deal with this real-world uncertainty situation.
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And so you need probability theory in order to do that.
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Consider it an experiment in probability theory.
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Have you ever studied probability theory?
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In fact, the mathematics of probability theory was worked out.
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I told you that biologists have been using mathematics and probability theory.
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In very simple language, the affidavit explains how mathematicians apply probability theory to determine the probability that suspect documents are genuine.
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Instead of one basic mathematics course as in the East Carolina program, the S&A program includes several mathematics courses, particularly in probability theory, mathematical statistics, and discrete mathematics.
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The field of uncertainty in AI was founded, and Judea Pearl and colleagues developed practical ways to deploy probability theory to represent uncertainty about the values of large sets of variables (Pearl 1988).
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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A part of math that studies chance and how likely events are
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the branch of mathematics concerned with probabilities' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'probability' (likelihood) with 'theory' (a system or framework of ideas). This compositional noun‑phrase pattern ('X theory' = the theoretical study of X) is common across languages and follows standard English word-formation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term probability theory comes from joining probability (a word that means how likely something is) and theory (a group of ideas that explains something). So probability theory is the set of ideas people use to study and predict 'chance' and 'random' events.