algebraic statistics

Noun

algebraic statistics (uncountable)

1. A discipline within mathematical statistics in which algebra is used to describe and analyse problems;
   • That workshop was built on the algebraic statistics paradigm, which is that statistical models for discrete data can be regarded as solutions to systems of polynomial equations.2005, Lior Pachter, Bernd Sturmfels, editors, Algebraic Statistics for Computational Biology, Volume 13, Cambridge University Press, page ix
   • Algebraic statistics is concerned with the development of techniques in algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, and combinatorics, to address problems in statistics and its applications.2009, Mathias Drton, Bernd Sturmfels, Seth Sullivant, Lectures on Algebraic Statistics, Springer (Birkhäuser), page vii
2. specifically, the use of algebraic geometry and commutative algebra in statistics.