// Module: stdlib/stats/bayesian_inference.tern
// Purpose: Basic Bayesian Inference
// Author: RFI-IRFOS
// Ref: https://ternlang.com
// Bayesian updates in trit space.
fn prior_trit() -> trit {
return tend; // Uninformative prior
}
fn likelihood_trit(data: trit, hypothesis: trit) -> trit {
if data == hypothesis { return affirm; }
return reject;
}
fn posterior_trit(prior: trit, likelihood: trit) -> trit {
if prior == tend { return likelihood; }
if likelihood == tend { return prior; }
if prior == likelihood { return prior; }
return tend; // Conflicting evidence
}
fn update_belief_trit(current_belief: trit, new_evidence: trit) -> trit {
return posterior_trit(current_belief, new_evidence);
}