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hyperdistribution en · NOUN

Etymology

From hyper- + distribution.

Meanings

1. (countable) A parameterized set of probability distributions.
   • Prior distributions for the hyperdistribution parameters are considered to be relatively uninformative distributions. 2008, David L. Thomson, Evan G. Cooch, Michael J. Conroy, Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations, →ISBN, page 1126:
   • The simplest approach to estimating hyperdistribution is to plot the frequency distribution of parameter estimates available for all stocks of interest. 1998, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, Improving Fish Stock Assessments, →ISBN, page 34:
   • In superstatistics, the hyperdistribution f(η) is determined by the physical problem that one wants to model. 2011, Jan Naudts, Generalised Thermostatistics, →ISBN, page 74:
2. (uncountable) Distribution on a massive scale.
   • These hyperproduction and hyperdistribution mechanisms surged ahead of human processing ability, leaving us with a permanent processing deficit, what Finnish sociologist Jaako Lehtonen calls an "information discrepancy." 2002, E. Page Bucy, Living in the Information Age: A New Media Reader, page 216:
   • Individuals are not alone in their relationship to a hyperintelligence; it is the product of the hyperdistribution activities of a hyperconnected network of people.. 2013, John Hartley, Jean Burgess, Axel Bruns, A Companion to New Media Dynamics, →ISBN, page 435:
   • Hidden losses cause hyperdistribution of national income, sending unearned profits to enterprises and depriving the state of revenue. 1992, Inside China Mainland, page 150:

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