Hyperparameter
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In Bayesian statistics, a hyperparameter is a parameter of a prior distribution; the term is used to distinguish them from parameters of the model for the underlying system under analysis.
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This article is about hyperparameters in Bayesian statistics. It is not to be confused with Hyperparameter (machine learning).
For example, if one is using a beta distribution to model the distribution of the parameter p of a Bernoulli distribution, then:
- p is a parameter of the underlying system (Bernoulli distribution), and
- α and β are parameters of the prior distribution (beta distribution), hence hyperparameters.
One may take a single value for a given hyperparameter, or one can iterate and take a probability distribution on the hyperparameter itself, called a hyperprior.