posterior probability

English

Noun

posterior probability (countable and uncountable, plural posterior probabilities)

  1. (statistics) The probability of an event given the knowledge of occurrence of other events that bear on it: P( A | B ) as contrasted to P( A ), where A is the sought event and B is the sign or symptom event.
    Synonym: posterior
    Antonyms: prior, prior probability
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