Math symbols,Meaning of vertical bar "|"



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Release date:2023/5/17         

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■Meaning of vertical bar "|"

"|" is a vertical bar and has the following meanings (this is not all).

(1) Conditional probability. For example, P(a|b) is the probability P of occurrence of a when b occurs

(2) "||" as a logical sum in programming languages. Use '|' for bitwise logical sum.

(3) |A| as a absolute value.


<About conditional probabilities>
There are complex examples of conditional probabilities, and other use cases besides conditional probabilities, such as:

(a) Conditional Probabilities for Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) in Reinforcement Learning

 

(b) State estimate of Kalman filter.

 









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