Basics of Probability Probability density function (pdf). Let X be a continuous random variable. Then a probability distribution or probability density function (pdf) of X is a function f(x) such that any two numbers a and b with That is, the probabi…

2.1. Binary Variables 1. Bernoulli distribution, p(x = 1|µ) = µ 2.Binomial distribution + 3.beta distribution(Conjugate Prior of Bernoulli distribution) The parameters a and b are often called hyperparameters because they control the distribution of…

Chapter 1.6 : Information Theory     Chapter 1.6 : Information Theory Christopher M. Bishop, PRML, Chapter 1 Introdcution 1. Information h(x) Given a random variable and we ask how much information is received when we observe a specific value for thi…

Common Probability Distributions Probability Distribution A probability distribution describes the probabilities of all the possible outcomes for a random variable. A discrete random variable if one for which the number of possible outcomes can be co…

主讲人 网络上的尼采 (新浪微博: @Nietzsche_复杂网络机器学习) 网络上的尼采(813394698) 9:11:56 开始吧,先不要发言了,先讲PRML第二章Probability Distributions.今天的内容比较多,还是边思考边打字,会比较慢,大家不要着急,上午讲不完下午会接着讲. 顾名思义,PRML第二章Probability Distributions的主要内容有:伯努利分布. 二项式 –beta共轭分布.多项式分布 -狄利克雷共轭分布 .高斯分布 .频率派和贝叶斯派…

PRML Chapter 2. Probability Distributions P68 conjugate priors In Bayesian probability theory, if the posterior distributions p(θ|x) are in the same family as the prior probability distributionp(θ), the prior and posterior are then called conjugate d…

PDF version PMF Suppose that a sample of size $n$ is to be chosen randomly (without replacement) from an urn containing $N$ balls, of which $m$ are white and $N-m$ are black. If we let $X$ denote the number of white balls selected, then $$f(x; N, m,…

PDF version PMF Suppose that independent trials, each having a probability $p$, $0 < p < 1$, of being a success, are performed until a success occurs. If we let $X$ equal the number of failures required, then the geometric distribution mass function…

PDF version PMF A discrete random variable $X$ is said to have a Poisson distribution with parameter $\lambda > 0$, if the probability mass function of $X$ is given by $$f(x; \lambda) = \Pr(X=x) = e^{-\lambda}{\lambda^x\over x!}$$ for $x=0, 1, 2, \cd…

The Basics of Probability Probability measures the amount of uncertainty of an event: a fact whose occurence is uncertain. Sample space refers to the set of all possible events, denoted as . Some properties: Sum rule: Union bound: Conditional probabi…