The theory that would not die : how Bayes' rule cracked the enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, & emerged triumphant from two centuries of controversy /

"Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok. In t...

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Main Author:	McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Bayesian statistical decision theory > History. SCIENCE / History. MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy.