Prior Probabilities

DOI10.1109/TSSC.1968.300117zbMath0181.21901OpenAlexW4249186015WikidataQ55879105 ScholiaQ55879105MaRDI QIDQ5571449

E. T. Jaynes

Publication date: 1968

Published in: IEEE Transactions on Systems Science and Cybernetics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/tssc.1968.300117

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