Bayes' theorem, also called Bayes' rule or Bayesian theorem, is a mathematical formula used to determine the conditional probability of events. The theorem uses the power of statistics and probability ...

Having a strong opinion about an issue can make it hard to take in new information about it, or to consider other options when they’re presented. Thankfully, there’s an old rule that can help us avoid ...

It’s estimated that human adults make about 35,000 decisions a day — the percentage of good decisions depends on the adult. These choices can be as banal as deciding to roll or crumple toilet paper or ...

A team of international physicists has brought Bayes’ centuries-old probability rule into the quantum world. By applying the ...

Quantum versions of Bayes’ rule have been around for decades, but the approach through the minimum change principle had not been tried before. In the new work, a team led by Ge Bai, Francesco Buscemi ...

Scientists derive a quantum version of Bayes’ rule, bridging classical probability and quantum theory. This breakthrough ...

Given a few assumptions, the probability of a conjunction is raised, and the probability of its negation is lowered, by conditionalising upon one of the conjuncts. This simple result appears to bring ...

An analysis technique that has been applied to eliminating spam. It "learns" to differentiate real mail from advertising by examining the words and punctuation in large samples of both types of ...