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hyperprior en · NOUN

Etymology

From hyper- + prior.

Meanings

1. A prior distribution on a hyperparameter.
   • If we have a hyperprior for λ, the extension is quite easy: we can sample from this hyperprior, apply the procedure for each sample based on p(w; λ), and average over samples. 2007, Brian D. Ripley, Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 166:

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