Category: Probability Theory

Inferences about Life in the Universe

Recently, Brendon Brewer posted an interesting piece titled “Life in the Universe” on how the information that life appeared early in Earth’s history affects one’s inferences about whether it is easy to form life or if life is rare. Its…

Textbooks on Bayesian Probability Theory

I have been teaching the course titled “Bayesian Data Analysis” for almost 8 years now at the University at Albany. Here is a course description: Course Description: Introduction to both the principles and practice of Bayesian and maximum entropy methods…