Probabilistic Task

A Probabilistic Task is a mathematical task that requires an Likelihood Estimate with each Output.

• AKA: Probabilistic, Statistical Task, Statistical, Statistics Task.
• Context:
  • It can involve the modeling of a Stochastic System.
  • It can involve Statistical Significance Testing Task, Statistical Parsing Algorithm,
  • It can involve the calculation of a Statistical Function:
    • a Statistic.
    • a Correlation Coefficient.
    • a Probability.
    • a Predictive Estimator.
  • It can be performed by a Statistician.
  • It can be proposed and researched by a Statistics Researcher.
  • It can be solve by a Statistics Software System.
• Example(s):
  • A Prediction Task.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Programming Task.
• See: Deterministic Task, Sample Space, Random Variable, Random Sample, Induction Task, Statistics Academic Discipline, Data Mining Task, Machine Learning Task.

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References

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=probabilistic
  • S: (adj) probabilistic (of or relating to or based on probability) "probabilistic quantum theory"
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• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/probabilistic
  • 1. (mathematics) Of, pertaining to or derived using probability.
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1986

• (Larsen & Marx, 1986) ⇒ Richard J. Larsen, and Morris L. Marx. (1986). “An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and Its Applications, 2nd edition." Prentice Hall

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