bayesian

adjective Statistics.

1. of or relating to statistical methods that regard parameters of a population as random variables having known probability distributions.

adjective

1. (of a theory) presupposing known a priori probabilities which may be subjectively assessed and which can be revised in the light of experience in accordance with Bayes’ theorem. A hypothesis is thus confirmed by an experimental observation which is likely given the hypothesis and unlikely without itCompare maximum likelihood