"Solomonoff induction" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Introduced by Ray Solomonoff. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Solomonoff induction (uncountable)
  1. (computing theory) A form of induction, involving Bayes' theorem, that derives the posterior probability of any computable theory, given a sequence of observed data. Wikipedia link: Ray Solomonoff Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Theory of computing

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