Polya urn scheme

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf probability model
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Pólya_urn_model
gptkbp:basicDescription An urn contains balls of different colors; at each step, a ball is drawn at random, then replaced along with additional balls of the same color.
gptkbp:describes reinforcement process
gptkbp:field gptkb:probability_theory
statistics
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1923
gptkbp:generalizes classical urn models
gptkbp:hasModel contagion
preferential attachment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Polya urn scheme
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:George_Pólya
gptkbp:parameter initial composition of urn
number of balls added per draw
gptkbp:property reinforcement
exchangeability
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Beta-binomial_distribution
gptkb:Chinese_restaurant_process
gptkb:Dirichlet_process
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:machine_learning
Bayesian statistics
stochastic processes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dirichlet_process
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7