Inferences are steps in reasoning, moving from premises to logical consequences; etymologically, the word infer means to "carry forward". Inference is...

formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises due...

Bayesian inference (/ˈbeɪziən/ BAY-zee-ən or /ˈbeɪʒən/ BAY-zhən) is a method of statistical inference in which Bayes' theorem is used to update the probability...

system. The main difference between causal inference and inference of association is that causal inference analyzes the response of an effect variable...

Statistical inference is the process of using data analysis to infer properties of an underlying distribution of probability. Inferential statistical...

In philosophy of logic and logic, a rule of inference, inference rule or transformation rule is a logical form consisting of a function which takes premises...

Type inference, sometimes called type reconstruction,: 320  refers to the automatic detection of the type of an expression in a formal language. These...

Deductive reasoning is the process of drawing valid inferences. An inference is valid if its conclusion follows logically from its premises, meaning that...

In the field of artificial intelligence, an inference engine is a software component of an intelligent system that applies logical rules to the knowledge...

Abductive reasoning (also called abduction, abductive inference, or retroduction) is a form of logical inference that seeks the simplest and most likely conclusion...