In probability theory, the rule of succession is a formula introduced in the eighteenth century by Pierre-Simon Laplace while treating what is known as the sunrise problem. It is still used today, particularly to estimate an underlying probability from a small number of observations, including cases where an event has not yet been observed to occur at all within a finite sample. The rule answers a specific question: if an experiment that can succeed or fail is repeated n times independently and yields s successes, what is the probability that the next repetition will also succeed.
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In probability theory, the rule of succession is a formula introduced in the 18th century by Pierre-Simon Laplace in the course of treating the sunrise problem.
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In probability theory, the rule of succession is a formula introduced in the 18th century by Pierre-Simon Laplace in the course of
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introduced in the 18th century by Pierre-Simon Laplace
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