Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gibbs sampling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: gibb-s sam-pling
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for obtaining a sequence of observations which are approximated from a specified multivariate probability distribution, when direct sampling is difficult.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after the physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs, in reference to an analogy between the sampling algorithm and statistical physics.

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does gibbs sampling mean?: A Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for obtaining a sequence of observations which are approximated from a specified multivariate probability distribution, when direct sampling is difficult.
Where does gibbs sampling come from?: Named after the physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs, in reference to an analogy between the sampling algorithm and statistical physics.

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