hyperdistribution

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English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ distribution.

Noun

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hyperdistribution (countable and uncountable, plural hyperdistributions)

  1. (statistics, countable) A parameterized set of probability distributions.
    • 1998, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, Improving Fish Stock Assessments, →ISBN, page 34:
      The simplest approach to estimating hyperdistribution is to plot the frequency distribution of parameter estimates available for all stocks of interest.
    • 2008, David L. Thomson, Evan G. Cooch, Michael J. Conroy, Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations, →ISBN, page 1126:
      Prior distributions for the hyperdistribution parameters are considered to be relatively uninformative distributions.
    • 2011, Jan Naudts, Generalised Thermostatistics, →ISBN, page 74:
      In superstatistics, the hyperdistribution f(η) is determined by the physical problem that one wants to model.
  2. (uncountable) Distribution on a massive scale.
    • 1992, Inside China Mainland, page 150:
      Hidden losses cause hyperdistribution of national income, sending unearned profits to enterprises and depriving the state of revenue.
    • 2002, E. Page Bucy, Living in the Information Age: A New Media Reader, page 216:
      These hyperproduction and hyperdistribution mechanisms surged ahead of human processing ability, leaving us with a permanent processing deficit, what Finnish sociologist Jaako Lehtonen calls an "information discrepancy."
    • 2013, John Hartley, Jean Burgess, Axel Bruns, A Companion to New Media Dynamics, →ISBN, page 435:
      Individuals are not alone in their relationship to a hyperintelligence; it is the product of the hyperdistribution activities of a hyperconnected network of people..