# List of things named after Thomas Bayes

Thomas Bayes (/beɪz/ BAYZ; c. 1701 – 1761) was an English statistician, philosopher, and Presbyterian minister.
Bayesian (/ˈbeɪziən/ BAY-zee-ən or /ˈbeɪʒən/ BAY-zhən) may be either any of a range of concepts and approaches that relate to statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem, or a follower of these methods.

## Bayes

* Bayes action – Mathematical decision rulePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bayes Business School – Business school in London
* Bayes classifier – classification algorithmPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
* Bayes discriminability index
* Bayes error rate – error rate of the Bayes classifierPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
* Bayes estimator – Mathematical decision rule
* Bayes factor – Statistical factor used to compare competing hypotheses
* Bayes Impact – Non-profit organization
* Bayes linear statistics
* Bayes prior – Distribution of an uncertain quantityPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bayes' theorem / Bayes–Price theorem – Mathematical rule for inverting probabilities – sometimes called Bayes' rule or Bayesian updating
* Empirical Bayes method – A Bayesian statistical inference method in which the prior distribution is estimated from the data
* Evidence under Bayes theorem
* Hierarchical Bayes model – Statistical models of parameters that vary at more than one levelPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Laplace–Bayes estimator – Formula in probability theoryPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Naive Bayes classifier – Probabilistic classification algorithm
* Random naive Bayes – Tree-based ensemble machine learning methodPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

## Bayesian

* Bayesian, a superyacht sunk off Palermo in 2024
* Approximate Bayesian computation – Computational method in Bayesian statistics
* Bayesian average – Type of average
* Bayesian Analysis (journal)
* Bayesian approaches to brain function – Explaining the brain's abilities through statistical principles
* Bayesian bootstrap – Statistical method
* Bayesian control rule – Type of heuristic techniquePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bayesian cognitive science
* Bayesian econometrics – Branch of econometrics
* Bayesian efficiency – Analog of Pareto efficiency for situations with incomplete information
* Bayesian epistemology – Probabilistic theory of knowledge
* Bayesian expected loss – Mathematical relation assigning a probability event to a cost
* Bayesian experimental design
* Bayesian game – Game theory concept
* Bayesian hierarchical modeling – Statistical model written in multiple levels
* Bayesian History Matching
* Bayesian inference – Method of statistical inference
* Bayesian inference in phylogeny – Statistical method for molecular phylogenetics
* Bayesian information criterion – Criterion for model selection (BIC)
* Widely applicable Bayesian information criterion (WBIC)
* Bayesian Kepler periodogram – Indirect method for finding extrasolar planets and brown dwarfsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bayesian knowledge tracing
* Bayesian learning mechanisms
* Bayesian linear regression – Method of statistical analysis
* Bayesian model of computational anatomy
* Bayesian model averaging – Statistics and machine learning techniquePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets (BMA)
* Bayesian model combination – Statistics and machine learning technique (BMC)
* Bayesian model reduction – statistical method for computing the evidence and parameters of modelsPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
* Bayesian model selection – Statistical factor used to compare competing hypothesesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bayesian multivariate linear regression – Bayesian approach to multivariate linear regression
* Bayesian Nash equilibrium – Game theory conceptPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bayesian network – Statistical model
* Bayesian neural network – Computational model used in machine learning, based on connected, hierarchical functionsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bayesian operational modal analysis (BAYOMA)
* Bayesian-optimal mechanism
* Bayesian-optimal pricing
* Bayesian optimization – Statistical optimization technique
* Bayesian poisoning – Technique used by e-mail spammers
* Bayesian probability – Interpretation of probability
* Bayesian procedures – Categorization of data using statistics
* Bayesian programming – Statistics concept
* Bayesian program synthesis – A program synthesis techniquePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
* Bayesian quadrature – Method in statistics
* Bayesian regret – expected difference between the utility of a Bayesian strategy and that of the optimal strategyPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
* Bayesian search theory – Method for finding lost objects
* Bayesian spam filtering – Technique for filtering spam e-mailPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bayesian statistics – Theory in the field of statistics
* Bayesian structural time series
* Bayesian support-vector machine – Set of methods for supervised statistical learningPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bayesian survival analysis
* Bayesian template estimation
* Bayesian tool for methylation analysis – also known as BATMANPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
* Bayesian vector autoregression – use of Bayesian methods to estimate a vector autoregression modelPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
* Dynamic Bayesian network – Probabilistic graphical model
* International Society for Bayesian Analysis
* Perfect Bayesian equilibrium – Solution concept in game theory (PBE)
* Quantum Bayesianism – Interpretation of quantum mechanics
* Recursive Bayesian estimation – Process for estimating a probability density function
* Robust Bayesian analysis – Type of sensitivity analysis
* Variable-order Bayesian network
* Variational Bayesian methods – Mathematical methods used in Bayesian inference and machine learning