Bayesian Inference

Manish Chablani
Aug 25, 2017 · 12 min read

Credits: https://www.datascience.com/blog/introduction-to-bayesian-inference-learn-data-science-tutorials

http://fastml.com/bayesian-machine-learning/

Bayesian inference is an extremely powerful set of tools for modeling any random variable, such as the value of a regression parameter, a demographic statistic, a business KPI.

This approach to modeling uncertainty is particularly useful when:

  • Data is limited
  • We’re worried about overfitting
  • We have reason to believe that…

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Manish Chablani

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AI in healthcare @curaiHQ, Marathoner. (Past: DL for self driving cars @cruise, ML @Uber, Early engineer @MicrosoftAzure cloud storage)

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