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Chapter 5 - Passive Learning

from Part II - Risk and Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2025

Tomasz Strzalecki
Tomasz Strzalecki
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Harvard University, Massachusetts
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Summary

Bayesian modeling is pervasive in economics and cognitive science. I formalize a general notion of a Bayes model and illustrate it using a variety of examples.

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Bayes ruleexperimentpriorposteriorBayes representationobediencedistribution over posteriors
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Stochastic Choice Theory , pp. 62 - 82
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Passive Learning
  • Tomasz Strzalecki, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Stochastic Choice Theory
  • Online publication: 14 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009512749.008
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  • Passive Learning
  • Tomasz Strzalecki, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Stochastic Choice Theory
  • Online publication: 14 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009512749.008
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  • Passive Learning
  • Tomasz Strzalecki, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Stochastic Choice Theory
  • Online publication: 14 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009512749.008
Available formats
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