hyperprior

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ prior.

Noun

hyperprior (plural hyperpriors)

1. (mathematics) A prior distribution on a hyperparameter.
   • 2007, Brian D. Ripley, Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 166:

     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.

Further reading

• hyperprior on Wikipedia.Wikipedia