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Nested sampling algorithm
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<p>The nested sampling algorithm is a <a href="/facts/Computation/qLsELosq">computational</a> approach to the <a href="/facts/Bayesian_statistics/9w7b1Bw4">Bayesian statistics</a> problems of comparing models and generating samples from posterior distributions. It was developed in 2004 by <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a> John Skilling. </p>