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In Probabilistic Graphical Model (written by Daphne Koller), what's the meaning of "parameter" in representation of the distribution?

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A user on AI Stack Exchange asked what "parameter" means in the representation of a distribution in Daphne Koller's probabilistic graphical models book, citing the chapter on Bayesian network representation and the parameterization of the joint distribution for n-trial coin tosses.

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“I just started to read the PGM book written by Daphne Koller. In the chapter of Bayesian Network Representation(Chapter 3), there are some descriptions about the standard parameterization of the joint distribution corresponding to n-trial coin tosses.”
AI Stack Exchange, 14 Sept 2026, 02:05.

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