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hyperprior

noun

Etymology

From hyper- + prior.

  1. derived from prior — “ancestor; predecessor”
  2. derived from prior
  3. derived from priour
  4. inherited from prior
  5. inherited from priour
  6. prefixed as hyperprior — “hyper + prior”

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hyperprior. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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