Probability Independence
  • two events are independent if the outcome or occurrence of the first DOES NOT affect the outcome or occurrence of the second so that the probability is NOT changed
  • Thus events 𝐴 and 𝐵 are independent iff the following holds:
    • 𝐏(𝐴|𝐵) = 𝐏(𝐴)
    • 𝐏(𝐵|𝐴) = 𝐏(𝐵)

Independence - Variants

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