| 期刊全称 | A History of Inverse Probability | | 期刊简称 | From Thomas Bayes to | | 影响因子2023 | Andrew I. Dale | | 视频video | | | 学科分类 | Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences | | 图书封面 |  | | 影响因子 | It is thought as necessary to write a Preface before a Book, as it is judged civil, when you invite a Friend to Dinner, to proffer him a Glass of Hock beforehand for a Whet. John Arbuthnot, from the preface to his translation of Huygens‘s "De Ratiociniis in Ludo Alooe". Prompted by an awareness of the importance of Bayesian ideas in modern statistical theory and practice, I decided some years ago to undertake a study of the development and growth of such ideas. At the time it seemed appropriate to begin such an investigation with an examination of Bayes‘s Essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances and Laplace‘s Theorie analytique des probabilites, and then to pass swiftly on to a brief consideration of other nineteenth century works before turning to what would be the main topic of the treatise, videlicet the rise of Bayesian statis tics from the 1950‘s to the present day. It soon became apparent, however, that the amount of Bayesian work published was such that a thorough investigation of the topic up to the 1980‘s would require several volumes - and also run the risk of incurring the wrath of extant authors whose writings would no doubt be misrepre sented, or at | | Pindex | Book 19911st edition |
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