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In this chapter, we introduce the field of Bayesian inference. Named after Reverend Bayes, Bayesian inference aims to give a consistent mathematical framework to inductive logic .
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E. Jaynes, Probability Theory: The Logic of Science, Ed. by G. Bretthorst (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003)
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Li, T.G.F. (2015). Bayesian Inference. In: Extracting Physics from Gravitational Waves. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19273-4_4
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