DocumentCode
1406296
Title
No Bayesians in foxholes
Author
Breiman, L.
Author_Institution
California Univ., Berkeley, CA
Volume
12
Issue
6
fYear
1997
Firstpage
21
Lastpage
24
Abstract
In World War II, there was a saying, “there are no atheists in foxholes.” The implication was that on the front lines and under pressure, soldiers needed someone to pray to. The implication in my title is that when big, real, tough problems need to be solved, there are no Bayesians. For decades, the pages of various statistical journals have been littered with theological arguments on the virtues of the Bayesian approach versus frequentist approaches. I have no intention of continuing the debate on this level. My approach is pragmatic: which approach works best when dealing with real data in solving complex problems?
Keywords
Bayes methods; probability; problem solving; statistical analysis; uncertainty handling; Bayesian methods; complex problem solving; frequentist approach; probability; statistical journals; uncertainty handling; Bayesian methods; Computational Intelligence Society; Distributed computing; Econometrics; Environmental management; Machine learning; Neural networks; Pattern recognition; Speech recognition; Statistics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
IEEE Expert
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0885-9000
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/64.642956
Filename
642956
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