Probabilistic programming (PP) Probabilistic / Bayesian AI
noun phrase
Definition: A programming paradigm in which probabilistic models are specified as programs and probabilistic inference is performed over those programs, often with automated inference algorithms provided by the programming framework [Tolpin et al. 2020].
Example in context: “Our paper intends to introduce an interesting probabilistic programming framework that can be further developed in the future.” [Kumar et al. 2023]
Synonym: PP
Related terms: probabilistic programming language (PPL), Bayesian programming, statistical modeling