Seminario: What is learning? A Bayesian approach

Università degli Studi della Basilicata 
Dipartimento di Matematica, Informatica e Economia
Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics

Corsi di Laurea in Economia Aziendale
Economia delle Risorse Naturali e Culturali

Mercoledì 14 Ottobre 2015, ore 9.30 - Aula 10 (DIMIE)
Campus Macchia Romana - Viale Ateneo Lucano, 10 - Potenza

SEMINARIO

What is learning? A Bayesian approach
Henry P.Wynn (Department of Statistics, London School of Economics)

Simple examples show that data can contradict prior beliefs; one can be "surprised". But theoretically one always expects to learn in a well-defined way and the class of information functionals for which this is true is known and includes Shannon information.