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The term " Bayesian " refers to the 18th century mathematician and theologian Thomas Bayes, who provided the first mathematical treatment of a non-trivial problem of Bayesian inference.
The term Bayesian refers to Thomas Bayes ( 1702 – 1761 ), who proved a special case of what is now called Bayes ' theorem in a paper titled " An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances ".
Thomas Bayes attempted to provide a logic that could handle varying degrees of confidence ; as such, Bayesian probability is an attempt to recast the representation of probabilistic statements as an expression of the degree of confidence by which the beliefs they express are held.
* Sir Isaac Newton's Method of Fluxions ( 1671 ), describing his method of differential calculus, is first published ( posthumously ) and Thomas Bayes publishes a defense of its logical foundations ( anonymously ).
Bayes ' theorem is named for Thomas Bayes (; 1701 – 1761 ), who first suggested using the theorem to update beliefs.
Bayes ' theorem was named after the Reverend Thomas Bayes ( 1702 – 61 ), who studied how to compute a distribution for the probability parameter of a binomial distribution ( in modern terminology ).
The term Bayesian refers to Thomas Bayes ( 1702 – 1761 ), who proved a special case of what is now called Bayes ' theorem.
Thomas Bayes (; c. 1701 7 April 1761 ) was an English mathematician and Presbyterian minister, known for having formulated a specific case of the theorem that bears his name: Bayes ' theorem.
Thomas Bayes was the son of London Presbyterian minister Joshua Bayes and perhaps born in Hertfordshire.
The birth date is unknown likely due to the fact he was baptized in a Dissenting church, which either did not keep or was unable to preserve its baptismal records ; accord Royal Society Library and Archive catalog, Thomas Bayes ( 1701 – 1761 )</ li >
* D. R. Bellhouse, 2004, " The Reverend Thomas Bayes, FRS: A Biography to Celebrate the Tercentenary of His Birth ," Statistical Science 19 ( 1 ): 3 – 43.
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