Laplace's rule of succession (as a special case)

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Laplace's rule of succession is a classical Bayesian rule for estimating the probability of an event based on observed successes and failures, assigning a nonzero prior probability to unobserved outcomes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bayesian inference rule ⓘ
classical Bayesian method ⓘ
probability estimation method ⓘ
statistical rule ⓘ
addresses problem of zero counts in probability estimation ⓘ
aimsTo avoid assigning probability 0 or 1 from finite data ⓘ
appliesTo Bernoulli trials ⓘ
binary events ⓘ
assumes exchangeable trials ⓘ
independent and identically distributed trials ⓘ
no prior information favoring success or failure ⓘ
unknown event probability ⓘ
category Bayesian updating rule ⓘ
linked to: Bayes’ theorem

probability smoothing technique ⓘ
contrastsWith maximum likelihood estimate s/n ⓘ
estimates posterior mean of event probability ⓘ
example sunrise problem ⓘ
field Bayesian statistics ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
statistical inference ⓘ
formula (s+1)/(n+2) ⓘ
generalizedBy Dirichlet prior for multinomial outcomes ⓘ
givesPosterior Beta(s+1,n-s+1) ⓘ
historicalContext introduced in the 18th–19th century ⓘ
input number of observed successes s ⓘ
number of trials n ⓘ
interpretation posterior mean under uniform prior ⓘ
predictive probability of success in next trial ⓘ
mathematicalForm posterior mean of Beta(s+1,n-s+1) distribution ⓘ
namedAfter Pierre-Simon Laplace ⓘ
output estimated probability of success in next trial ⓘ
property assigns nonzero probability to unobserved outcomes ⓘ
asymptotically approaches empirical frequency s/n ⓘ
shrinks estimates toward 1/2 for small samples ⓘ
relatedTo Bayesian predictive distribution ⓘ
Dirichlet-multinomial model ⓘ
Laplace's law of succession ⓘ
add-one smoothing ⓘ
principle of insufficient reason ⓘ
specialCaseOf Bayesian estimation with Beta prior ⓘ
conjugate prior analysis for Bernoulli model ⓘ
usedFor handling zero-frequency problems ⓘ
predicting next outcome probability ⓘ
smoothing probability estimates ⓘ
usesLikelihood Binomial likelihood ⓘ
usesPrior Beta(1,1) prior ⓘ
uniform prior on probability parameter ⓘ

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Carnap's continuum of inductive methods → hasMember → Laplace's rule of succession (as a special case) ⓘ
Naive Bayes classifier → oftenUses → Laplace smoothing ⓘ
linked to: Laplace's rule of succession (as a special case)
Laplace's rule of succession → relatedTo → Laplace's law of succession ⓘ
linked to: Laplace's rule of succession (as a special case)