In defense of Bayesian information criterion

DOI10.1007/S11229-025-05085-5MaRDI QIDQ7229026zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alireza Fatollahi, Kasra Alishahi

Publication date 15 April 2026

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S11229-025-05085-5

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian information criterionBayesianismBICprobability calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01)

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