Bayesian history of science: The case of Watson and Crick and the structure of DNA

AbstractA naïve Bayes approach to theory confirmation is used to compute the posterior probabilities for a series of four models of DNA considered by James Watson and Francis Crick in the early 1950s using multiple forms of evidence considered relevant at the time. Conditional probab...

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Päätekijä: Henry Small
Aineistotyyppi: Artikkeli
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: The MIT Press 2023-01-01
Sarja:Quantitative Science Studies
Linkit:https://direct.mit.edu/qss/article/4/1/209/114460/Bayesian-history-of-science-The-case-of-Watson-and