hyperdistribution

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ distribution

Noun

hyperdistribution (countable and uncountable, plural hyperdistributions)

1. (statistics, countable) A parameterized set of probability distributions.
   • 1998, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, Improving Fish Stock Assessments, →ISBN, page 34:

     The simplest approach to estimating hyperdistribution is to plot the frequency distribution of parameter estimates available for all stocks of interest.

   • 2008, David L. Thomson, Evan G. Cooch, Michael J. Conroy, Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations, →ISBN, page 1126:

     Prior distributions for the hyperdistribution parameters are considered to be relatively uninformative distributions.

   • 2011, Jan Naudts, Generalised Thermostatistics, →ISBN, page 74:

     In superstatistics, the hyperdistribution f(η) is determined by the physical problem that one wants to model.

2. (uncountable) Distribution on a massive scale.
   • 1992, Inside China Mainland, page 150:

     Hidden losses cause hyperdistribution of national income, sending unearned profits to enterprises and depriving the state of revenue.

   • 2002, E. Page Bucy, Living in the Information Age: A New Media Reader, page 216:

     These hyperproduction and hyperdistribution mechanisms surged ahead of human processing ability, leaving us with a permanent processing deficit, what Finnish sociologist Jaako Lehtonen calls an "information discrepancy."

   • 2013, John Hartley, Jean Burgess, Axel Bruns, A Companion to New Media Dynamics, →ISBN, page 435:

     Individuals are not alone in their relationship to a hyperintelligence; it is the product of the hyperdistribution activities of a hyperconnected network of people..