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Gibbs sampling

Gibbs sampling noun: a Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for obtaining a sequence of observations which are approximated from a specified multivariate probability distribution, when direct sampling is difficult.

Noun

Gibbs sampling (uncountable)

  1. A Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for obtaining a sequence of observations which are approximated from a specified multivariate probability distribution, when direct sampling is difficult.

Origin of Gibbs sampling

Named after the physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs, in reference to an analogy between the sampling algorithm and statistical physics.

Questions about Gibbs sampling

What does Gibbs sampling mean?
Gibbs sampling means a Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for obtaining a sequence of observations which are approximated from a specified multivariate probability distribution, when direct sampling is difficult.
What part of speech is Gibbs sampling?
Gibbs sampling is a noun.

Words near Gibbs sampling in the dictionary

  1. Gibbs Cay
  2. Gibbs free energy
  3. Gibbs measure
  4. Gibbs measures
  5. Gibbs phenomenon
  6. Gibbs sampling
  7. Gibbs state
  8. Gibbs states
  9. Gibbs-Donnan effect
  10. Gibbs-Donnan effects
  11. Gibbs-Helmholtz equation

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