Hyperprior
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From hyper- + prior.
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