Assertion: gamma distribution | /r/ObjectUse | used as conjugate
Facets:
value: prior in bayesian statistics
type: OTHER
value: widely
type: DEGREE
value: prior for scale parameters
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The closely related inverse-gamma distribution is used as a conjugate prior for scale parameters, such as the variance of a normal distribution.
text: The gamma distribution is widely used as a conjugate prior in Bayesian statistics.